OLPC Experiments With Cow-Powered Laptops

An anonymous reader writes "The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows. "We plan to drive a dynamo (taken from an old Fiat) through a system of belts and pulleys using cows/cattle," wrote OLPC's Arjun Sarwal, in an October 21 e-mail posted to one of the group's discussion lists. Sarwal and others are now finalizing the design of the cow-powered generator."

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Something doesn't smell right

[LiquidCoooled]

There is no way this is true.
There is no way they can get cows to power laptops, there is no way they would stay in their wheel.

Now, if they suggested a beowolf cluster of hamsters then I would believe it.
As it stands this article is just a load of bull.

Re:Something doesn't smell right

[FredDC]

No, it's pretty real, they've made a deal with the OCPC project (One Cow per Child). They give the cow needed to power their laptop! It's a pretty sweet deal, you get a laptop and a cow! Now that's marketing!