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Clarification on Student's Solar Hydrogen CarMicah Hinton did not design the car, but bought it as a kit. by Sterling
D. Allan
CORTEZ, COLORADO USA - While Micah Hinton does deserve some credit as a student with an inquiring mind, he doesn't quite rise to the prodigy engineer level ascribed to him in a story circulating about his allegedly original Solar Hydrogen car that runs on water and needs no replenishment. His instructor, Colin Baird, clarifies that Micah did not build the model car from scratch as the story implies, but bought it as a kit from Kelvin.com, which supplies science kits for students.
"He was creative in coming up with ideas for tests to run on the
car," said Baird. "However, there is nothing here that isn't
already out there." The objective of Micah's experiment was to see if a fuel-cell powered car was
more or less efficient than a solar-cell powered car. His results showed
that the fuel cell system was more efficient in its conversion of energy from
one form to another. SOURCES
CONTACT Colin Baird, Southwest Open School in Cortez: (970) 565-1150 Related CoveragePicked up the overstated story. See also
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