Heat source....humanity

Got disconnected the last time I tried to log on. Reason? my battery ran out of juice. This keeps happening to my lappie and my phone. So what stops me from getting the charger and contnuing my session? Given that I am not in the middle of the Amazon and only on the edge of the power starved map contour I think we will have to go with sheer inertia. No just not motivated enough to go get the charger, not to mention have to relocate the self close to a power point.

So what seems to be bothering us here? Well 2 that come to mind:
1) Am sick of having to charge my power hungry devices regularly. The 2 that figure in the introduction are now life supportin, but not exclusive. When you add the berry and pod to the list you kinda know whats making me sick.
2) Am gettin lazier (and hence fatter) by the day. Go charge your stuff I hear you folks saying. Will solve the getting fat problem.
(Notice how global issues have the uncanny habit of creeping in and distorting our poor lives)

Not one to be associated with ranting and making noises that generally add to the overall noise pollution that one tends to run into here on the web I hear the vast multitude of you looking up and hoping for guidance. Have I ever disappointed you chaps? Not about to start now.

The solution involves a new killer app. Never one to think small me. The basis of the theory that I will now share with you is not new. If one is to look to fiction and creative writing one would have possibly come across similar branches in Asimovs writing and more recently in the Matrix trilogy. The center of the thought revolves around making the human body a power source (How can the center revolve you might ask, but spare me your silly linguistic details).

So perhaps my sons lappie, phone and whatever else he may choose to depend on will actually get charged by his body when in contact. Just look at how profound and yet how simple the suggestion is. In one deft stroke I have managed to solve both issues. No need to clammer about for chargers any more and the constant drain of enery involved in charging the devices deals with burnin the fat. Brilliant...applause part 1

Lets examine the idea more closely, perhaps blow holes in the theory. Is the human engine truely such a great source of energy? If we look at the kinda stuff that we do I think this becomes more than obvious. The average bloke expends precious energy in doing stuff like brushing his teeth, commuting, exercisicing, thinking, talking and the lot. Some of this you may say is mandatory to exist fundamentally and socioeconomically (for using all these high brow words you people are free to suggest my name for the next Noble). Possibly true (meaning I dont think its worth my while to refute). The cornerstone of the theory lies in the fact that while doing all of these rather mundane activities the human body like most engines uses up a lot of the energy reserves rather inefficiently. So is it possible that this surplus burnt energy is harnessed and tapped by the devices? The automatic (and perennial) watch (probably the first personal device) has figured how this can be done. For the uninitiated the energy springs in your automatic Rolex (not to be confused with your battery operated quartz) can store enough energy from one hand movement that you make to run the watch accurately for the entire day. The spring uses the kinetic energy that is generated while you are in motion to build this reservoir of energy. Energy that would typically be wasted should you not have a automatic. (Despite the surge in demand that these watches are going to witness post this being published I deny having made a deal with the people at Rolex).

Notice while I mentioned some daily mundane activities I carefully left out the interesting parts of the typical day. What these are I leave to your passionate imagination (play on sport). This I do fully well realising that the maximum amount of energy consumption is while we indulge in these. Max consumption also probably means max wastage, but hey, whos measuring? Progress means that lifes qulity quotient improves right? Whatever chaps. People at Apple, Nokia and others please note, its going to be an important product feature.

So what possible unwanted side effects are likely to crop up as a result of this (other than the perfectly sculpted female bods that one will see all over the place, maybe male even). What kind of effect is this likely to have on say mortality and life expectancy? Factors that economists (yep humans) measure. Will the extra burden of generation shorten life spans? Quite possible that this could be true and fairly dramatic if introduced in mid life. But if introduced early in life maybe the body will learn to adapt? A hypothecation that needs to be proven. We shall leave these to the technology and medical chappies. Another unexpected side effect could be the dramatic increase in the consumption of beer. Trust all of you know' beer = energy. Infact more often than not excess enegry amply evident from certain pot bellies. So beer consumption increases while pot bellies disappear. The messiah of the better life you must think of me.

Any flaws upto here? Yep. I dont have a son that I know of.