I think we should bury dead sci fi authors with a very large magnet strapped to their body. Then, we can wrap the coffin with wire and wait for a few years for a movie studio to make a movie that bears some resemblance to the title of one of the author's books. At this point the author will not merely have turned over in his grave but should be spinning between 1k and 10k RPM (depending on the ratio of advertising dollars to scripting dollars). A Dead Spinning Author Array (DSAA) should scale evenly with time and be capable of delivering several megawatts of power to supplement a power grid.
Posted by matt at July 15, 2004 02:13 PM