darthmother kirjoitti:Heh, joskus 90 luvulla huhuiltiin veivattavasta powerbookistakin, muistaako kukaan?
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In February, 1999, The Road Warrior carried the following report:
A WIND-UP POWERBOOK???
Remember those World War II movies where one guy would climb on the bicycle generator and pedal his lungs out while his buddy worked the mobile radio? There are rumors about (CNN.com) that Apple may include a kinetic (manual wind-up) recharge option with the coming P1/iBook subnotebook. There would be a fold-away handle on the side of the 'Book that could be cranked to recharge the battery.
Apple has reportedly licensed highly efficient kinetic technology from a British firm that developed it (the Brits were big on bicycle generators too!) The hand-charging device is currently used in the South African-built Freeplay radio, which won a British Broadcasting Corporation Design Award for Best Product Sixty turns of the crank yields 30 minutes of listening on the Freeplay.
The wind-up rig works by winding a spring from one spool to another. The energy is stored on one side of the spool, transfers to the other, and drives a gear train. For more, visit:
http://cnn.com/TECH/9708/06/safrica.computer/index.html
and
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9701/08/t_t/win ... index.html
That wind up power will work with computers has been demonstrated by BayGen Power Group, the FreePlay radio's manufacturer.
This idea is not as whimsical as it may seem at first hearing. Wind-up computers combined with wireless technology could free portable computers from their wire umbilicals for extended periods of time, and make computing possible in remote areas of the planet where power lines are non-existent.
You can see a QuickTime movie of the BayGen prototype (looks to be a converted Newton E-Mate) in action here:
http://cnn.com/TECH/9708/06/safrica.com ... 2.aptv.mov
[Note: good for CNN - all the above links still work]
Power - a happy Mac-user since 1986...
"Soon there will be 2 kinds of people. Those who use computers, and those who use Apples."
(Apple Computerin käyttämä mainoslause 1980-luvun alkupuolelta)