Search...
FAQs Subscribe
Pie
FAQs
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within Meaningless Drivel Search Coderanch
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
advertise on coderanch granny thread boost book review grid polymorphism
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
programming forums Java Mobile Certification Databases Caching Books Engineering Micro Controllers OS Languages Paradigms IDEs Build Tools Frameworks Application Servers Open Source This Site Careers Other Pie Elite all forums
meaningless drivel book review grid advertise on coderanch thread boost building better world book
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
Marshals:
  • Tim Cooke
  • Campbell Ritchie
  • Ron McLeod
  • Junilu Lacar
  • Liutauras Vilda
Sheriffs:
  • Paul Clapham
  • Jeanne Boyarsky
  • Henry Wong
Saloon Keepers:
  • Tim Moores
  • Tim Holloway
  • Stephan van Hulst
  • Piet Souris
  • Carey Brown
Bartenders:
  • Jesse Duncan
  • Frits Walraven
  • Mikalai Zaikin

Do you waste energy

 
Mapraputa Is
Leverager of our synergies
Posts: 10065
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator


Finally somebody got it right. Good people of Japan combined a gadget charger with an exercise machine, as reported today by coolest-gadgets.com. Why to waste energy when it could be utilized to save the world and reduce your electricity bill?

But I wonder how much energy an average human being is able of producing this way. Anybody has estimates? Is it enough to power, say, your laptop?

Here is some stats:


[ May 08, 2008: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]

Uncontrolled vocabularies
"I try my best to make *all* my posts nice, even when I feel upset" -- Philippe Maquet

 
Ulf Dittmer
Rancher
Posts: 43028
76
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Does posting in MD count as wasting energy?
 
Mapraputa Is
Leverager of our synergies
Posts: 10065
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Found:
"A human climbing a flight of stairs is doing work at a rate of about 200 watts"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt

Uncontrolled vocabularies
"I try my best to make *all* my posts nice, even when I feel upset" -- Philippe Maquet

 
Pat Farrell
Rancher
Posts: 4686
7
I like...
Mac OS X VI Editor Linux
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
reminds me of a book popular in the 1980s
Dieter's guide to weight loss during sex
 
Mapraputa Is
Leverager of our synergies
Posts: 10065
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Make Energy While You Flush!

"Every kilowatt counts!"

Uncontrolled vocabularies
"I try my best to make *all* my posts nice, even when I feel upset" -- Philippe Maquet

 
Pradeep bhatt
Ranch Hand
Posts: 8944
I like...
Firefox Browser Spring Java
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Sometimes I switch on TV and go to some other room.

Groovy

 
No matter how many women are assigned to the project, a pregnancy takes nine months. Much longer than this tiny ad:
Free, earth friendly heat - from the CodeRanch trailboss
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/free-heat
reply
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
Boost this thread!
Similar Threads
More...