Wind up technology...

[piggynose]

no this isnt a wind up.
it started with wind-up radios, now you can buy wind-up torches, i now beleive you can get a wind-up torch with a mobile phone connector to charge yr phone.
Question, is there a wind-up device for laptops yet, and how can i find out what wind-up torch for example fits my nokia x3?
thanx in advance

[Zacs-Master]

I bought cheap (£3.99 I think) wind up torch from a garage which came with about 8 different mobile phone connectors. Argos would be the place to start or Go Outdoors.

[Old_Geezer]

I'm unsure how much power a laptop uses, but the speed some run out of power I suspect you'd need to be permanently cycling to keep the thing going while you used it.

[Zacs-Master]

Not exactly wind up and they're only available for mobiles at the moment but these are pretty cool, just add water!
http://www.interestin...ust-add-water-to.html

[rojash]

I have a Philips wind-up torch. If I wind it until my arm aches so much that I want to die, it lights for about five minutes.

[Old_Geezer]

I got one of those types of torch from QVC when they first came out. I wind for a minute and it light just enough to read the meter under the stairs with :-) The small handle means that keeping a good rhythm going whilst charging is not exactly easy.

[Mosaic]

A wind-up laptop was being developed specifically for schools in developing countries - I'm not sure where the project got to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1

[piggynose]

thanx mosaic, i wonder if this will become commercial one day