Hasta La Ideas

Everybody knows you have to charge your cellphone to make it work. But how many have given the power needs of cell phone towers any thought? Well, one has in a way taken it for granted that the towers are powered, but never cared about how said towers actually get the electricity they need. Consider a tower in the middle of nowhere. Or a mile further down the trail. What an impressive roll of cable they must have used. And the cost of it all. Now, consider a tower that is self-sufficient in electricity. That would mean we could put a lot more cell towers out there and get rid of many of those pesky no-service spots. Here’s such an idea, based on wind power. We have actually seen similar ideas before, but they were based on solar power. Solar is nice in Africa and such warm places, but up here in the icy North, we’d be out of cell phone service most of winter. Wind power looks smarter, and especially so since they have developed a special spiral shaped propeller that can catch winds from just about any direction. The idea comes from Helix Wind and they are supposed to start testing in the US and Nigeria in November. brbr