Hi Jaya,<br><br>We plan to drive a dynamo (taken from an old Fiat) through a system of belts and pulleys using cows/cattle.<br><br>Some initial pics here<br><a href="http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs/cp1.JPG">http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs/cp1.JPG
</a><br><a href="http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs/cp2.JPG">http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs/cp2.JPG</a><br><br>We are currently working on finalizing the mechanical and electrical design aspects.<br><br>regards,<br>Arjun<br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 10/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jaya Kumar</b> <
<a href="mailto:jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/20/07, Walter Bender <
<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> 11. Cow power: In a related effort, Richard has been working with
<br>> Arjun Sarwal, helping him refine his plan for charging the XOs using
<br>> cow power.<br><br>Hi Arjun, Richard,<br><br>This is really interesting to me. I would love to hear more about it.<br>Is this plan about combusting cow manure/biogas to drive a charger or<br>is it using something rotary where the cow is pulling a draught around
<br>a geared up dynamo?<br><br>A relative has several milk cows in Tatamangalam. Not sure how willing<br>they are to be experimented with but this would be interesting...<br><br>Thanks,<br>jaya<br></blockquote></div><br>
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<br>-- <br>Arjun Sarwal ( <a href="mailto:arjun@laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">arjun@laptop.org</a> )