There's only a couple of days to go before it disappears off the iPlayer (here), but last Thurs the current BBC 'popular science' strand did a whole show on a day's 'experiment' to power a house from a bank of 100 cyclists. Well worth a watch if you can - it may well be preaching to the converted to those reading this, but amusing nevertheless. If you thought pedalling for a band was bad enough, try coping with an electric oven...
It may be an exaggeration to say I consulted on the show, but I certainly helped with ideas with the guys who did it when they were planning it a few months ago. If you don't actually get to see the show, there's a few pictures of the event here
You can even buy one of the generators from the show, or of course build one from the info on my site instead...
24 Things I Drew This Year - Thing 14
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This baby, in September:
Alt Text: Rough pencil sketch of a baby, looking like a baby.
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1 comment:
wow - great that you were involved in this! Reminds me a bit of that Radio 4 play 'Getting to zero' with George bio-monster Monbiot. Looked but I don't think you can iplayer it anymore - doh.
- carrie x
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