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Hand-Powered Hardware?

Posted by timothy on from the for-the-coming-apocalypse dept.

quiddity writes "Following the Goofy USB Devices post, one has to know what can be self-powered when the batteries all die. You can handcrank your Gameboy, recharge your cellphone or pda (even grandpa), wind up a webserver (with minions, a beowulf..), see in the dark, and project a movie. What else can we propel through the next blackout/apocalypse?" Some of these devices have have been on Slashdot before; what cool hand-powered tech hasn't been and should be?

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  1. Masturbation by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 5, Funny
    "You can handcrank your Gameboy, recharge your cellphone or pda (even grandpa), wind up a webserver"

    So that's what they're calling it these days...........

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    1. Re:Masturbation by mvdw · · Score: 5, Funny

      We have a euphemism for masturbation around here: "Charging the Torch". Obvious, really, when you see the hand-powered torch demonstrated...

    2. Re:Masturbation by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, I am NOT hand-cranking my grandpa.

  2. Re:Universal Battery Replacement? by Polo · · Score: 5, Funny
    You don't need any of those things!!

    You just need a coconut shell!

    As a matter of fact, there are lots of things you can do with:
    • bamboo
    • coconuts
    • vines
    • palm fronds
    • seashells

    and of course, Some Basic Ingenuity...