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Foot-Powered Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-plain-will-powered? dept.

mrd98 writes: "There is an article in the Register about a U.S. developer who has created a foot-powered device which can be used to charge laptop batteries. Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life, it can also be used to power most other electrical devices with a rechargable battery."

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  1. What are you doing under that blanket? by Bonker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Charging my laptop. Honest!

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  2. Immaturity at it's best {OT} by the+Man+in+Black · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life

    Think of what this could do for the sex toy industry.

    *sigh* I can't believe I've stooped this low.

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  3. Just what i need by KingKire64 · · Score: 4, Funny
    My right calf 3 times the size of my left, Now we can definatly be pointed out as geeks...

    BULLY1:"WTF is wrong with his leg?"

    BULLY2:"Oh he is a geek LETS GET HIM!"

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  4. Bah, pedals would be better by Penrod+Pooch · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a diehard Emacs bigot I'd prefer Control and Meta pedals.

  5. Wha?! by geek00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life

    For me, 2 minutes then it's nap time...

  6. Just what the slow tech market needs! by garoush · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think about it. All those tech workers who are looking for a job now can get a job to keep up the laptops of office workers up and running.

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  7. The Matrix? by slcdb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So, it's true... in the future the machines really will turn us into living power sources.

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  8. Unfortunately... by LM741N · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows takes 20 minutes to boot.

  9. Pedal powered sewing machines by RollingThunder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seems like a rather low yield to me - my grandfather used to sell Singer sewing machines, and has an amazing collection of antiques.

    Among them are two treadle style, with a large two-foot pedal, and a long band to transfer the power. That sucker got going REALLY fast, with a lot of momentum. Admittedly, it was all iron as well.

    It just seems to me that five minutes of pumping that sucker would have given me about 2 hours worth of laptop power!

  10. Combine this with the ab roller... by Navius+Eurisko · · Score: 5, Funny

    and laptop users will be the fittest people on the planet! I can see conversations now...

    "Hey, Bob, your son is really getting big and strong!"
    "Yeah, Steve, he's going to be as strong one day as a computer programmer! Maybe even as fit as a linux kernel hacker!"
    "You don't say?"