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thoughts... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Thursday 27th March 2008 15:53 GMT

Can you charge it over USB too, if you're too lazy to wind the handle?

Moving parts in an SSD MP3 player ... object/exercise/defeated? :)

All moot, since I've no intention of buying one of the ugly little blighters...

Use-Design needed. #

By Edgar Scrutton Posted Friday 28th March 2008 14:03 GMT

This design is a "follow-me" using the 'twist the handle crank'. It would be much more easy to use had it employed a rack and pinion gear to drive the generator by a squeezing action of the hand.

Was Paris involved in this design?