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Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby osiriss » Sun 02 Oct 2005, 16:25:32

A pretty smart invention that could be usefull to the peak-oilers 8)

Clockwork laptop


More information here:

BBC's news coverage.
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby midnight-gamer » Sun 02 Oct 2005, 17:37:46

I also heard the bbc report about this. Sounds very interesting.
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby MicroHydro » Sun 02 Oct 2005, 22:50:59

Ah, but does it come in Orange? :roll:
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby pilferage » Sun 02 Oct 2005, 23:03:31

Shoot, slap Jackass! with ck-sources on there and this thing'll fly, almost as well as a machine that's ~four times faster running wondows! It's as much about the code as it is about the hardware.
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby ubercrap » Tue 18 Oct 2005, 16:46:19

That sounds cool, sign me up! :)
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby seldom_seen » Tue 18 Oct 2005, 16:59:47

The $100 clockwork laptop that helps the poor to learn

Ahh, this must be so we can complete and finalize the outsourcing of the IT industry from the US. When you call Windows support you'll be routed to a small village in Suriname where a person is paid 12 cents a day to transfer you to someone else in another village who has no idea what your problem is.
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby Cleisthenis » Thu 20 Oct 2005, 09:25:46

I'll have to upgrade my Powerbook G4 when those things hit the market. :P

Seriously though, what would be required to charge your laptop by solar or wind power?
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Re: Clockwork Laptop

Unread postby Doly » Thu 20 Oct 2005, 09:59:36

Cleisthenis wrote:Seriously though, what would be required to charge your laptop by solar or wind power?


Don't think you would need that much. A single solar paner should do.
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