We study Brownian motors driven by colored non Gaussian noises, both in the
overdamped regime and in the case with inertia, and analyze how the departure
of the noise distribution from Gaussian behavior can affect its behavior. We
analyze the problem from two alternative points of view: one oriented mainly to
possible technological applications and the other more inspired in natural
systems. In both cases we find an enhancement of current and efficiency due to
the non-Gaussian character of the noise. We also discuss the possibility of
observing an enhancement of the mass separation capability of the system when
non-Gaussian noises are considered.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Europ. Phys. J.
