[OLPC India] [Community-news] OLPC News 2007-10-20

[Arjun Sarwal]

Peter,

Thank you for your email and for your support of the project. There
was some problem in the lists server so your message was stuck with
the server for a while and we are seeing it only now.

I would love to know more about possible opportunities for your
collaboration and contribution. Renewable and /or indigenous methods
of generating power for OLPC XO laptops still remains a challenge.
Your help and suggestions would be welcome.

Regards
Arjun

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Peter A. Sharp
<sharpencil at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dear Arjun Sarwal,
>
> I saw your cow power video just by chance. I invent things for fun, and I
> have some concepts that might be of some use to you for minimizing the cost
> of generating electricity using cows and people.
>
> You did a very nice job on your generator. If you need to reduce costs
> further, let me know and I'll tell you about some gadgets I've invented that
> might help. Some are just drawings that explain a new principle, and some
> are models that I built to prove that a concept would work.
>
> Here is a concept that I just thought up. Use a kids merry-go- round to
> generate the power. So the kids generate their own power while having fun
> playing. There is a water pump that provides village water using this
> technique. It works well, but it is expensive. it could be built much
> cheaper using local parts and labor. The kids push the merry-go-round and
> jump on to ride it in circles. Only part of their energy is needed to run
> the pump. The kids love it. It becomes their most favored playground device.
> See the website of Play Pumps International.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Peter Allen Sharp
> 2786 Bellaire Place
> Oakland, California 94601
> USA
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-- 
Arjun Sarwal
http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SwcSEcfR464