One of the issues with the OLPC project has always been power. There’s just not electricity in all the parts of the world where the OLPC is intended to be used. There is a solution available, however, and it’s being tested in Afghanistan. We have just seen pictures of the first pedal power conversion for the OLPC.
It’s still a prototype, but it’s looking promising. The builders have created a pedal power alternative to the hand cranks used on the standard OLPC, and it definitely makes sense to do so. The human body can certainly pedal easier then it can a crank, and the creators of the modification have stated that it’s easy enough to use that a 3rd or 4th grader can power it. Might be hard to type while you’re doing that, but at least you’ll have a full charge.
I’d hate to see a server farm with this method. I’m just imagining a bunch of kids in a sweat shop pedaling away…
Anyways, need idea. Wish they had these for everything. Sure would keep the bills down and me in shape. lol
It may solve the worlds overweight problems.
EXACTLY what i was thinking. Send some of those over here!
I see that Sugar is on that little machine. <3
joshua,
thats called a gym
Kids don’t do gym anymore, they might get hurt, or they don’t get picked for a team and their feelings get hurt, or they have to run after playing video games all night and their lungs hurt. We must protect the children from getting hurt.
“It may solve the worlds overweight problems.”
STOP AND THINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR WESTERN BLINKERS, Johnw. This device is going to be most useful in the more impoverished parts of the world and the developing countries, where the problem is malnutrition, not obesity. Come on, start thinking globally here.