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*This [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/video-the-lates.html WiredMag video] was taken on-site at Potenco and posted March 31, 2008, so it looks like they are actively developing this product. |
*This [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/video-the-lates.html WiredMag video] was taken on-site at Potenco and posted March 31, 2008, so it looks like they are actively developing this product. |
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== Fatigue == |
== Fatigue == |
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It is reported in the [http://www.potenco.com/files/Potenco_OLPC_Spec_Sheet.pdf data sheet] that user fatigue time is about 10 minutes. XOs require several hours to charge. |
It is reported in the [http://web.archive.org/web/20070422024256/http://www.potenco.com/files/Potenco_OLPC_Spec_Sheet.pdf original data sheet] ([http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive] Wayback Machine link; the file is no longer on the [http://www.potenco.com/ Potenco] site.) that user fatigue time is about 10 minutes. XOs require several hours to charge. |
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Revision as of 20:41, 20 October 2008
Potenco’s Pull-Cord Generator.
External Links
- specs data sheet
- Potenco
- Steve Cisler's Potenco Presentation Impression
- Lee Felsenstein on OLPC's YoYo Power Generator
- According to the undated What's New on Potenco web-site they have "recently completed extensive field research in Uganda and will soon be underway with market analysis & consumer research in Brazil, India and Kenya."
- This WiredMag video was taken on-site at Potenco and posted March 31, 2008, so it looks like they are actively developing this product.
Fatigue
It is reported in the original data sheet (Internet Archive Wayback Machine link; the file is no longer on the Potenco site.) that user fatigue time is about 10 minutes. XOs require several hours to charge.