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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 hours ago20% of your bodies energy is about 20 Watts. Normal-weight humans burn about 2200 kilocalories a day, which is about 9.2 megajoules. There are 8640 seconds in a day, so that works out to roughly 100 joules per second, or 100 Watt. 20% of that is 20 Watts for the brain.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoWell done. So even added to the electrical consumption it’s less than an incandescent bulb. Incredible.
20% of your bodies energy is about 20 Watts.
Normal-weight humans burn about 2200 kilocalories a day, which is about 9.2 megajoules. There are 8640 seconds in a day, so that works out to roughly 100 joules per second, or 100 Watt. 20% of that is 20 Watts for the brain.
Well done. So even added to the electrical consumption it’s less than an incandescent bulb. Incredible.