I'm afraid you'd need a bicycle to power that array.
Or a slave in a treadmill.
My son is a fitness fanatic and works out on a home gym every day -
all that wasted energy! I'm trying to work out a way to hook him into
the domestic power grid and save us money. We might even make a
profit. A treadmill isn't a bad idea. Maybe something based on one of
those stairclimber machines.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/05/2007, at 10:55 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> Steam powered. 2lb of the weight is for the 'integral micro-tubine
>> module.'
>> Or possibly powered by a massive spring, like those African wind-up
>> radios.
>
> See? Now THAT's cool. I have roughly 7 firewire drive enclosures here
> (I also do recording and sound design), and having big springs would
> save me a lot on my electric bill..... wonder if you can retro-fit the
> spring drives to existing boxes?
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