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Originally Posted by meglamaniac
I suspect if they could do anything useful, they would have been developed by now.
However, it could make an interesting conversation piece, if only when the local council come over and say "wtf is that in your garden, and do you have planning permission."
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They are already used in some applications. The howstuffworks article mentions submarines, where you need to be quiet. Plenty of hobbyists will have made some kind of Stirling engine at some point.