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Solve : Could Cows Power Cheap Laptops?? |
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Answer» The One LAPTOP Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows. "We plan to drive a dynamo (TAKEN from an old Fiat) through a system of belts and pulleys using cows/cattle," wrote OLPC's Arjun Sarwal, in an e-mail dated Oct. 21 and posted to one of the group's discussion lists. Link I wish they would have provided more detail on how that would actually work. Would they put the cows on a treadmill that runs a generator or what? Quote We plan to drive a dynamo (taken from an old Fiat) through a system of belts and pulleys using cows/cattle From better article here, with picture here. Well now,This should be right up my alley. I have a memory like a cow..... as long as it workWhere do you find news like this?Lots and LOTS of time on the Internet. I also read lots of news sites and subscribed to several dozen RSS news feeds... and... I STUMBLE a lot. Not sure which of those though allowed me to find this particular article.Stumble a lot... I like it. Could Cows Power CHEAP Laptops? This is what "this" forums news section has come down to... take care all* later Not all countries. Especially poor countries have access to a good reliable power source. I actually thought the article and the idea was interesting and being able to get power from cows, which is what they have the one abundance of is thinking on a new level. Cya I guess. |
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