scalarparty ([info]scalarparty) wrote,
@ 2006-01-04 08:46:00
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next week @ the C.E.S. (part 3)
I saved the best for last!! FreePlay's brand new toy
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Freeplay will be introducing their new gizmo, the foot-powered FreeCharge Weza at CES. And this one is a winner fo' sho.... You can use it as a traditional battery pack (plug solar or wind into this baby and keep for a rainy day....). But using FreePlay's patented dynamo system, they have taken it a step further.. say for example you have a band practise in the woods, and there you are with a 40 Watt amp and a guitar, but no where to plug in. Well, fret no more, just use the foot pedal,pump away and voila! 40W at your command! This is a very versatile contraption, you can put AC or DC into it (DC from soalr, wind.. nd/or AC from a 120 or 240 wall outlet... you can even plug it into your car lighter for 'in' or 'out' power (so if you need some juice for the woods, or say your car battery is dead), it goes either way. I like!!



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[info]trippedbreaker
2006-01-04 05:57 pm UTC (link)
Heh .. this is *cool*...

What's funny is that this "human powered" idea keeps appearing in bigger and bigger devices. At first it started out in little flashlights with squeeze levers or the shake-up kind with the magnetic piston, then big ones with cranks, then in big emergency multifunction radio/light/etc boxes ... now something so big you pump it with your foot. 40W is quite a bit of power; I bet it gets tiring if you're not in shape.

If you are in decent shape, a popular figure for human power delivery is about 1/4 horsepower continuous (though humans are capable of generating obscene amounts of power for short bursts). Assuming perfectly efficient conversion, 1/4 HP equals about 186 watts. Of course, a device like that would have to be bolted to a chair with both pedals and handcranks... :o)

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More Info
(Anonymous)
2006-01-06 09:26 pm UTC (link)

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More Info at ccrane.com (http://www.ccrane.com/more-categories/alternative-power/freeplay-freecharge-weza-portable-energy-source.aspx)

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[info]scalarparty
2006-01-06 09:31 pm UTC (link)
hey thanks, Stranger!

and what a cool store!! ((anyone selling LED floodlights is aiiight with me!)) Fortuna indeed :p

PS: feel free to comment ANYTIME!

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