I find adding a crank to anything quaint and hilarious. Even if just photoshoppedtm

A steam whistle that required a good crank and verifying subscrrription overrr dialup would end me

Edit: it must be a crank and it has to play the all around the blueberry bush progress song like the Sid’s handy jack in the box in Toy Story 1

  • gressen@lemmy.zip
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    27 days ago

    I’d say that a fit person can sustain up to 150W, so with a low power PC and some battery to even out the flow of power it’s more than possible to power the device and do some actual work, although perhaps it’s not the best idea to pedal while working on a computer.

    • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
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      27 days ago

      Yeah no doing work or gaming won’t be possible at that output. Your brain also needs oxygen and sugar. If you max out your muscles, then there is not much left for any creative brain tasks.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      27 days ago

      Annoyingly, I can’t find that NASA paper now (no, I don’t know why they were considering pedal powered rockets /s). I did read it, and it had other interesting tidbits, like that you really need to include a fan or overheating becomes a major limit on a stationary bike.

      If it’s going to be an all day session, you’ll probably want to halve that to 75W. More recent research suggest that if you need even longer output maximum power continues to drop, with your ability to digest enough food eventually being the limiting factor. Furthermore, pregnant women reach right around that level towards the end of their gestation.