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I would have killed for the handcrank during the G1G1 days, but it turns out it wasn't _completely_ vapourware. I finally saw a working one at Linux SCaLE 17x y
by classichasclass 7y ago
I would have killed for the handcrank during the G1G1 days, but it turns out it wasn't _completely_ vapourware. I finally saw a working one at Linux SCaLE 17x years after the fact, so I'm assuming some small number must actually have been produced.
It wasn't practical, but I still love the concept.
https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/a-close-look-at-raptor-blackbird-and.html https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/a-close-look-at-raptor-bla...
- em-bee 7y agoi think the handcrank was an after-market product, created long after the OLPC project had realized that it wouldn't actually work. or rather, what wouldn't have worked is a handcrank built into the devices, as the stresses would break it, whereas a handcrank mounted separately on a table, connected to the laptop by a cable, doesn't have that problem.
- Lerc 7y agoEven then it fails to take the lesson from history. If you want to run things on human power, use a foot-pedal.
- em-bee 7y agoright, and there were several places that built foot powered chargers. actually, i remember thinking that whoever actually built that handcrank did it more for the novelty value than to actually solve a problem.