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Foot Powered Generator

Christopher Smith — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:59:54 -0500

Is it possible to get a picture of this device and some engineering specifications such as: Output capacity (volts, amps) Input requirements (or ratio of the two) efficiency, physical size, output regulation, control, and safety.

Excellent

Ashok Ahuja — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:04:11 -0400

Excellent

Foot-powered generator test-runs in Rwanda

Ethan Arpi — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:05:11 -0400

July 4, 2006 - 01:00,

Small generator aims to empower Africans

Story Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0607030150jul03,1,5400164.story?track=rss

Excerpt: Originally created to give an emergency kick-start to stalled boat engines, the sleek little South African-designed machine, pumped with one foot, can charge a cell phone battery in five minutes or a car battery in 30. The device's creators, who plan to distribute it across swaths of Africa far from the power grid, hope it will energize economic development efforts as effectively as it does dead cell phones.