Found this on Boing Boing. It’s not meant to recharge your AA’s, this puppy charges a 48V bank of batteries and can generate 2 – 3 kW. It burns wood and is used to supplement solar and wind powered generators for a single home in the woods.
Marv
Technorama is the show that takes a light hearted look at tech, science, sci-fi and all the feedback from geeks.
This is the show for Monday February 25th, 2008 with your hosts Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe
This is the companion podcast to Technorama with all your email and voice mail comments.
If you are new to Technorama, there is another major piece to this. If this doesn’t make sense go back one show and have a listen. Otherwise, pull up a chair and spend a few minutes with us and a few of our closest friends who wrote in, called the listener line, or sent us an audio clip.
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Watch this space. Kreg and I are working on something (fun) we think you’ll enjoy. Launch date is February 29th! Until it’s released, we’re simply calling it Project X (nothing to do with Apple’s OS, by the way.)
Whole Human via Mixx
Free to roam on green pastures for health, happiness and recreation…
Something tells me that PETA would not object to this.
Marv
Antique R2-D2 via Mixx
Just out of curiosity, what would a steam punk Star Wars droid look like?
Is it just me, or would this be an awesome place to hide a body?
Marv
Oscilloscope hacks from listener Eric
It kinda, sorta almost reminds me of the garbage, screen text from the Matrix.
Marv
Late Adopter Source: Simulated Comic Product
Who knew that being last to the party had consequences.
BTW, why do robots need toast?
Marv
In October 2007 Chuck and I visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Stan Sieler gave us a tour and here is your chance to come along.
Visit ComputerHistory.org for more details on the museum
Link to Pictures that I (Kreg) took a during the Tour
Other Episodes in this Series Part 1 : Part 2 : Part 3 : Part 4
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Retro-Gadgets via Mixx
They don’t hold up to the test of time, but then again neither to most of us. Is anyone interested in starting a wiki page to keep score? Bonus points if you’ve owned any of these in the past. Double bonus if it’s still in your house in working condition. Chuck, of course, is not eligible 🙂
Marv
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