Ready for the summer we’ve finished our human-power blender that works by simply connecting a generator to a motor. We’ve tested the blender with Tim’s four year old daughter and it worked great! Its a great way to make a smoothie without needing a plug socket! If you want one, drop [...]
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One kil·o·watt-hour
[kil-uh-wot-ouuhr, -ou-er]
–noun
a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, kwhr
-energy density
coal power plants obtain approximately 1 kW·h per half kilogram of burned coal
-human activities
equivalent to 1200 electric shaves, slice 100 loafs of bread, dry your hair 15 times, 4 nights watching [...]
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Having met Minima at the Greenman last summer we were inspired to do an event with them. Finally we all got our act together and setup three bicycle generators, an LED projector and a decent PA system. Minima’s music is an audacious 21st-Century interpretation of the images of silent and avant-garde film, we got [...]
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