http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Overview 2026-10-14T14:56:04Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.0 http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=422&oldid=prev 2020-10-03T13:29:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:29, 3 October 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mirrorswarm </del>uses SI units and Earth time (day,hour,year,kg,s,mol,cd,Ampere,Kelvin,m). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notation E-notation] with no spaces is acceptable.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dysonswarm </ins>uses SI units and Earth time (day,hour,year,kg,s,mol,cd,Ampere,Kelvin,m). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notation E-notation] with no spaces is acceptable.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The host planet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) Mercury] (&quot;Host&quot;) is low-gravity which will help get the swarm into orbit. It is close to the the swarm which orbits between the host and the sun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The host planet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) Mercury] (&quot;Host&quot;) is low-gravity which will help get the swarm into orbit. It is close to the the swarm which orbits between the host and the sun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-229:rev-422:php=table --> </table>

86.128.130.58 http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=229&oldid=prev 2020-01-20T08:28:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:28, 20 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors,if the solar swarm differs in design to those in Mercury orbit, are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely mass limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors,if the solar swarm differs in design to those in Mercury orbit, are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely mass limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#An initial estimate of [[cost]] has been made and requires continuous improvement as resolution of the problems brings matters into a finer focus.</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-228:rev-229:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=228&oldid=prev 2020-01-20T08:24:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:24, 20 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground-based mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground-based mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely mass limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,if the solar swarm differs in design to those in Mercury orbit, </ins>are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely mass limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-227:rev-228:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=227&oldid=prev 2020-01-18T00:31:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:31, 18 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#Mirrorswarm uses SI units and Earth time (day,hour,year,kg,s,mol,cd,Ampere,Kelvin,m). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notation E-notation] with no spaces is acceptable.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#Mirrorswarm uses SI units and Earth time (day,hour,year,kg,s,mol,cd,Ampere,Kelvin,m). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notation E-notation] with no spaces is acceptable.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The host planet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) Mercury] ("Host") is low-gravity which will help get the swarm into orbit. It is close to the the swarm<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>between the host and the sun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The host planet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) Mercury] ("Host") is low-gravity which will help get the swarm into orbit. It is close to the the swarm <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which orbits </ins>between the host and the sun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-135:rev-227:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=135&oldid=prev 2020-01-11T16:49:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:49, 11 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The construction material for the swarm and its factories is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics minibot]. This is a general purpose machine possibly consisting of fewer than 1E20 atoms (0.25g). Teams will specify the performance requirements and design of the minibots.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The construction material for the swarm and its factories is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics minibot]. This is a general purpose machine possibly consisting of fewer than 1E20 atoms (0.25g). Teams will specify the performance requirements and design of the minibots.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The 1% of the host which is available as raw material has a mass of 3.3E21kg and makes <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up to </del>1.3E25 minibots with 0.1% refinery efficiency.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The 1% of the host which is available as raw material has a mass of 3.3E21kg and makes <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at least </ins>1.3E25 minibots with 0.1% refinery efficiency.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-117:rev-135:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=117&oldid=prev 2020-01-10T17:32:05Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:32, 10 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant Avogadro] says there are 6E23 atoms in every mol of material. A mol of the elements of the host is 54g.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The raw material for the swarm and its factories is [https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/mass/atomic-mass.htm elements]. These elements will be extracted from the host. There are fewer then a hundred elements needed.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The construction material for the swarm and its factories is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">millibot</del>]. This is a general purpose machine possibly consisting of fewer than 1E20 atoms (0.25g). Teams will specify the performance requirements and design of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">millibots</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The construction material for the swarm and its factories is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">minibot</ins>]. This is a general purpose machine possibly consisting of fewer than 1E20 atoms (0.25g). Teams will specify the performance requirements and design of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">minibots</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The 1% of the host which is available as raw material has a mass of 3.3E21kg and makes up to 1.3E25 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">millibots </del>with 0.1% refinery efficiency.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The 1% of the host which is available as raw material has a mass of 3.3E21kg and makes up to 1.3E25 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">minibots </ins>with 0.1% refinery efficiency.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-115:rev-117:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=115&oldid=prev 2020-01-10T17:29:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:29, 10 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground-based mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground-based mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">weight </del>limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mass </ins>limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-114:rev-115:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=114&oldid=prev 2020-01-10T17:27:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:27, 10 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#There may be four generations of mirrors...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*The fab has to arrive on site with a prefabricated energy generating capacity which may involve taking first-gen mirrors, or maybe just solar panels.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-based </ins>mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the coupled power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-107:rev-114:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=107&oldid=prev 2020-01-09T15:52:52Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:52, 9 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coupled </ins>power transmitter. Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype?  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-102:rev-107:php=table --> </table>

John http://mirrorswarm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=102&oldid=prev 2020-01-09T14:31:17Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:31, 9 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Second-gen ground mirrors and planet-orbit railgun are ground-manufactured to ramp up energy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Third-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Mercury orbit, powering just the site which makes the escape-velocity railgun.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#*Fourth-gen mirrors are launched as 1-mirror factory packs and made in zero-G to swarm in Solar orbit, powering the whole system. We have a likely weight limit of 20 tonnes on each <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">launch based on a 1km{{sq}} mirror at 5g/m{{sq}} = 5 tonnes and a feasible overhead of 3x for the factory which makes the mirror in zero-G and the power transmitter</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Is there an efficiency benefit in orders-of-magnitude larger mirrors or do we leave that choice to the swarm which will replace this prototype? </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#The site needs receivers to translate light to usable power. Forms of distribution around the site could include microwave/WiFi, light, electric, hydraulic. Some components also definitely need a power store - any form of railgun, for example.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mswiki:diff:1.41:old-101:rev-102:php=table --> </table>

John