Tech review has an article that features the human powered generator that will accompany the $100 laptop.

The new generators, which will be field-tested beginning this October, abandon the bulky and inefficient hand-crank design featured on an early mock-up of the laptop in favor of a more compact off-laptop design that uses a pull string to spin a small generator.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 24th, 2006 at 6:54 pm and is filed under Digital Divide.