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A yo-yo/MP3 player complete with wireless headset and docking station |
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Aquaskipper: Human Powered Flying on Water: Marketplace-available gadget allows you to have fun and exercise
on the water without any wind. |
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Bikes Power Computers, Telephones in Developing World: The non-profit company, Inveneo, is offering
inexpensive ways to install and power networks in remote third world areas. Solar and wind systems are backed up by pedal power. |
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Clinton Global Initiative Gets US$2 Billion in Pledges to Fight World Woes: US First Lady,
Laura Bush, announced the first commitment: US$10 million from the US government to kick-start a US$60 million public/private project to build children's merry-go-rounds in Africa, which
pump clean drinking water into a storage tank. |
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Foot-Powered Generator Patented: Great Systems, Inc.'s Energy Generation and Storage System (US Patent
7,009,350) can be used indoors, generating up to 1000 Watts using body kinetics, or leg muscle power (or other inputs), to charge a unique spring system that slowly unwinds and spins a
high efficiency generator. |
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Kinetic Watches: Fossil now has a line of watches that are powered by the motion of your arm movement, requiring no winding or replacement of batteries. Carries
11-year warranty, and costs $95; in contrast to the Ventura kinetic watch brand that costs $2,200. |
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Penn biologists invent power-generating backpack: The "Suspended-load Backpack" converts
mechanical energy from walking into electricity -- up to 7.4 Watts -- more than enough energy to power portable electronic devices for soldiers, field researchers or disaster
relief-workers. |
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Rhoades Car: The Rhoades Car can be geared down much lower than a regular bike
while climbing hills. On 2 seat models, either person can pedal independently of the other person! It's legal to drive on any road that an ordinary bike travels. |
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Street-Legal Human-Powered Car: The HumanCar(.com) operates with four people working in concert like an engine. The
two front people 'body-steer' to turn, like a ski or board. Will be available for sale very soon. |
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Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity: A health
club in Hong Kong is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. |
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Yo-Yo Powered MP3 Player: The inventors estimate that between 10-12 tosses per hour are sufficient
for continuous music play. A wireless headset allows the user to listen to music while yo-yoing. |
