Project #2, Blog #3

Today, Project Panda discussed our project, which ironically is not about Pandas. It is about Liberia.

Topics for today included:
- Electricity needed to power a germicide lamp
- Math to determine the electricity needed to power a germicide lamp.
   > We would need about 300 pounds of water to power a germicide lamp using a turbine with a 3in radius to produce about 3 gallons/min. We have decide to use a different method of water purification.
- Alternative water purification options
   > Sedimentation is a common and inexpensive way to filter water that does not require any electricity.
- Alterations to project design
   > We will use a downspout filter similar to a Brita design and store any power created by the turbine in a battery to be used for emergency power.
- Prototype construction
   > A non-working prototype will most likely be created as a working prototype would be too expensive for our budget.
- Next meeting: Sunday, November, 14, 2010; order of business: Prototype material purchase and construction

Yamani doesn't like people named Jack.
Jonathan likes bacon.