No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power.

OLPC News Forum » XO Laptop » XO Laptop Help » Battery & Power » No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power.

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Get your own OLPC - Buy an XO laptop on eBay!

Pages: [1]

	Print

Author

Topic: No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power. (Read 2317 times)

No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power.

John_G1G1D1

Senior Contributor

Posts: 168

The ORIGINAL paranoid cynical constant griper

February 10, 2008, 08:44:19 AM

I saw this on the gizmodo website, and have heard about this from a few other sources. THIS would be so cool for the XO. Be great for those of us who would like to use our XO's out in the wild.

http://gizmodo.com/354097/knee-brace-charges-your-cellphone?autoplay=true


	Logged

Farmingdale, NJ. Last name: M. Donated @ 5:55am EST 11/12/07. Paypal confirmed @ 5:58. Got my G1G1D1 Email. Received on 12-20 @ 19:00(14:45 was when they tried to deliver). Picts Here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22096145@N08/ Got my E-mail saying expect soon on 12/22 @ 01:14 EST

#1 Re: No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power.

Gabey8

Global Moderator
OLPC News Forum Expert

Posts: 596

February 10, 2008, 09:53:55 AM

I saw an article about this yesterday. This is one of those ideas that causes me to respond, "Gee, I wish I'd thought of that!"

What a pity this invention didn't exist a few years ago, when I was injured and wore a knee brace for months... I can only imagine the number of batteries I could have charged in all that time. I could have single-handedly kept every radio and flashlight in the time zone going. Wink

I hope that an affordable version of this device eventually becomes available to the general public.


	Logged

Mesh name: Donna. XO icon: purple outline and orange fill color. From Philadelphia, PA, USA. If you see me in the Neighborhood, say hi.

Currently using jabber server xo1share.org .

#2 Re: No Yo-yo, no solar, but knee power.

John_G1G1D1

Senior Contributor

Posts: 168

The ORIGINAL paranoid cynical constant griper

February 10, 2008, 04:25:54 PM

Since the military has a interest in it to help the soldiers cut down on weight, and there are also thoughts of them being able to power prosthetic leg(s), I think this could be avaliable very soon. It's more practical than the yo-yo(for most people, not me, I still want one).