Hand-Powered Hardware? 298
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?
Masturbation (Score:5, Funny)
So that's what they're calling it these days...........
I burn Beowulf to get energy.. (Score:4, Funny)
Every day, I toss in the pallets of discarded Beowulf pallets from geeks who though it told you how to build a redundant array of inexpensive computers (RAIC).
Offtopic, I know, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hand Powered Computer (Score:4, Funny)
Something for every geek (Score:0, Funny)
Get paid to view porn! (Score:5, Funny)
Someone ought to patent this idea! (Score:4, Funny)
I think it would be really cool if someone would invent a two wheeled electric scooter, with a seat, and add pedals, so you could charge the battery. That way, instead of constantly going home to recharge, you could just hop on, turn the pedals, and ride it all day...
Minnesota wristwatch explained (Score:1, Funny)
Idaho tire-iron
Jersey buffet
Alabama trophy-wife
Arkansas dowry
Kalamazoo hooter
Seattle prayer
Mackinac Island Fudge
Tucson mudbath
Colorado avalanche
Cincinanati Skyline
You get the picture. nudge nidge wink wink
Re:Hand-Cranked Generator (Score:4, Funny)
Did you friend manage to get rid of the cramps in his arm?
So... (Score:2, Funny)
Mice power (Score:4, Funny)
Also hand-powered: (Score:2, Funny)
My sex life.
Re:Masturbation (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Masturbation (Score:5, Funny)
Four (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Masturbation (Score:5, Funny)
Re:as in the blackout of 1977 (Score:3, Funny)
Real shame about that missing period...
Re:Four (Score:3, Funny)
1 + 3 + 1 ?
*has a flash back to the movie Clue. "1 + 2 + 1 + 1"*
Re:Oh lord... (Score:1, Funny)
ok, Here goes:
1. Yeah, GBA, Computers, TV's, I've got the only peice of hand powered hardware right HERE *pulls an "Al Bundy"*
2. but how can you power the hand powered computer to look up porn, at the same time as-
Ok, thats all for now, I'll post more if I think of any...
Re:Considering how people flail and pound on butto (Score:4, Funny)
Not new technology... (Score:3, Funny)
And oh yes, hand-cranked ice cream freezers never fail to produce a product that beats store-bought hands down. :-)
Re:Solar Power (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Telephone line powered stuff (Score:4, Funny)
Love the anecdote though...
"Last time I was in LA, I had to walk down eight flights of stairs with two big bags to check out of the hotel that had been without power twice during my stay. The vibrator would have really helped my muscles after that stressful hotel stay!"
There's muscles down there, but c'mon, they weren't worked hard from carrying bags.
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disrubt the balance of power! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Universal Battery Replacement? (Score:5, Funny)
You just need a coconut shell!
As a matter of fact, there are lots of things you can do with:
and of course, Some Basic Ingenuity... [russell-johnson.com]
Re:Hand Powered Computer (Score:1, Funny)
Or just imagine, lining up that perfect rail shot, and then having to crank your computer up...
Either that, or the pron industry may get a bit of a boost from a new necessary use..."But i HAD to do it so the computer would keep running."
Re:Universal Battery Replacement? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Universal Battery Replacement? (Score:5, Funny)
Even Better Idea.. (Score:3, Funny)
oh.. hang on a minute..
Re:Universal Battery Replacement? (Score:2, Funny)
Downside: Your car now smells like a chip shop.
American readers will now be scratching their chins... "a *chip* shop?!" In this context, chips are french fries (but usu. thicker than McDonalds) and often sold with fish, pie, sausage etc. And you get to sprinkle vinegar on the chips.
Dammit, I hate explaining jokes.
Re:Universal Battery Replacement? (Score:4, Funny)
sort of keep the magic smoke trapped in a continuing cycle.
Might have some loss to heat, and I would use REALLY good conducters, to avoid that whole "lightning bolt" problem.
it's not technically a battery, and as a added benny, you could do neat light shows.