Re: What - no generator?
> Re: What - no generator? They could at least use this to get rid of the two AA batteries it uses.
As it happens, due in part to my IT career, this year I spent time on a $$$$ Physical Therapy cycle machine which tapped the patient's output to run the display. That is, if the patient made at least 25 Watts.
> a reasonably fit person .....can generate 100W for an extended period...
Yes, many years ago, before my IT career, I could produce 150 Watts for an extended period. I was unusually fit for a few years, about the time of ALGOL-68.
Then I got a desk-job.
> the grinding noises may be coming from your little-used knee...joints.
My right knee feels like gravel. I have other desk-job ailments. My output on the cycle machine was not even 17 Watts at first. I was very depressed. After several weeks, I did make 25 Watts in bursts (so the machine display ran on me-power for a couple of minutes).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
