
Ep 160: Pedal Power, OpenSCAD in the Browser, Tasmanian Tigers, and the Coolest Knob
Hackaday Podcast
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The Solar Powered Web Server
Low Tech Magazine has another project that we've actually covered before on Hackaday, which is a completely solar powered web server. The idea there is that when you bike, if you're putting out a hundred watts and your cell phone can suck up five, you need to dump this extra energy somewhere. And one answer is into a lead acid battery, but their battery doesn't even take as many watts as a person can give off. It does suggest that there's kind of a human regulator possibility in the thing.
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