Stating
human powered generators are not sustainable is unbelievably wrong!
Sure it takes energy to produce solar panels or to build
a human powered generator, but then they work out of free solar energy or human sweating!
Not exact matches
When using KAIST's TE
generator (with a size of 10 cm x 10 cm) for a wearable wristband device, it will produce around 40 mW electric
power based on the temperature difference of 31 °F between
human skin and the surrounding air.
For this project students will build a bike
generator to calculate the wattage produced and compare
human power to machine
power.
The deer really want more oak trees but three of your
humans want you to start building a fast food restaurant - only to get that fast food restaurant running, you have to have farmers growing food and raising cattle, a flour mill running, bakeries baking, a slaughterhouse - and each of these requires a certain amount of labor (must come from your established community) as well as
power and water, which can be generated by solar
power, windmills, or oil
powered generators.
In the original Armored Core games and in Armored Core 2, the player had to get massively into debt and each time they did this they were operated upon and given a special
Human Plus
power (such as automatic radar, double
generator refresh and the ability to fire back cannons whilst moving).
Navarro's own piece, «Satellite,» utlizes bicycle parts, a
human -
powered electric
generator, and electric energy to make comment on the show's premise.
The PodBike quadricycle claims to be
human -
powered, but not directly, as its pedals turn a
generator instead of the wheels.
Humans will have a tough time, especially with limited air conditioning available only to those who can afford it, with limited fuel to run the
power plants and work - home backup
generators.
The 2008 book «The
Human -
Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement bat
Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal
powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement bat
powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY
generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batteries.
In this instance, he has not only traditional solar panels, but also has a water wheel and a
human powered bicycle
generator all helping him to keep his batteries charged and the lights on.
Called the Green Erg, it is a
human -
powered electricity -
generator developed by Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, who hopes that it will be a solution
One of the first - prize winners of our TreeHugger / Popular Science / Instructables Go Green contest, this gadgetry wizard shows you how to rig up your bicycle to create a
human -
powered generator.
Go check out their Freecharge
human -
powered generators for mobile phones and marine motors as well.
Think of a windmill rather than a treadmill: whereas a treadmill keeps turning only via
human effort (analogous to PSLs) or dedicated
power from a
generator (analogous to KM - specific software), a windmill relies on dependable winds (analogous to work flows and processes that exist independent of KM requirements).