Talk:Micropower

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These gadgets seem to be too big for Microelectromechanical systems which are nanoscale rather than say the size of a quarter as some of these units and too small for Gas turbine . They seem notable and verifiable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, but where other than this standalone article should they be? If here, what name should the article have? Edison 18:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

When the inventors/developers write about their work in the varous journals, what term(s) do they use? We should follow their lead.

Atlant 18:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

In the science reporting and journal articles cited, the following terms are used: microgenerator (sometimes for the turbine plus the generator, sometimes just for the part that produces electricity); microelectromechanical system (MEMS) (these are an instance of MEMS, but there are MEMS which are not turbine powered generators); microengine (used several times to refer to the exact topic of this article, which is a tiny gas turbine coupled to a tiny generator, fabricated on silicon chips, to power portable electronics in place of a battery). "Microengine" is also used to describe a particular computer program which has nothing to do with these gadgets. I could see having the article retitled "Microengine" with a disambiguating term following the word, like "Microengine (turbogenerator). There are also a couple of articles about "microengines" which are way smaller than these, like the size of a grain of sand, such as " Tiny transmission," Arthur Fisher. Popular Science. New York: Apr 1998.Vol.252, Iss. 4; pg. 28. Also at "Microtransmission powers microengine," by Gary Chamberlain. Design News. Boston: Feb 2, 1998.Vol.53, Iss. 3; pg. 17 . These other much smaller devices are more nanoscale and not turbogenerators. Thoughts? Edison 15:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)