Power Your Cell While You Ride

SVOboy · 12-19-08, 01:21 PM

Do you remember those kinetic bike lights from back in the day? You know the ones that you clamped down on the wheel to generate energy to light your way? Well, they’ve gone a bit out of style in favor of batteries recently, but the idea hasn’t totally gone away.In fact, a design student has [...]

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Daox · 12-19-08, 01:32 PM

Haha, I remember those old bike lights... the one I had you needed to be going fairly quickly in order to light that dumb bulb up!

Caffe · 12-21-08, 05:17 AM

Yeah, the old ones was quite crappy but the newer with the dynamo built in the wheel and with LED's for the back and headlight is really nice and light up good even at a low speed.

12-19-08, 01:21 PM	#1
SVOboy Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 291 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Power Your Cell While You Ride Do you remember those kinetic bike lights from back in the day? You know the ones that you clamped down on the wheel to generate energy to light your way? Well, they’ve gone a bit out of style in favor of batteries recently, but the idea hasn’t totally gone away.In fact, a design student has [...] More...

12-19-08, 01:32 PM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	Haha, I remember those old bike lights... the one I had you needed to be going fairly quickly in order to light that dumb bulb up! __________________ Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Caffe ECO Blogger & DIY'er Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, the old ones was quite crappy but the newer with the dynamo built in the wheel and with LED's for the back and headlight is really nice and light up good even at a low speed. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.