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Old 21st-May-2008, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by forfismum View Post
Reminds me of the African guy shown on Sky TV who had attached paddles to a bicycle which pumped water to great effect.Kids thought it was great fun and queued to get a turn.
The hand cranking doesn't seem a good idea for a computer, when you need your hands free to use the keyboard, and having to stop what you are doing periodically in order to crank it again. I think a bicycle arrangement under a desk is the way to go, then the user can be slowing pedalling to keep the computer running indefinitely.
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