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Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by weareallcowards on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:51PM (#24888815)
I wonder if you could design an MPPT system for a stationary bike, to adjust gearing based on the load with a CVT or something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_power_point_tracking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmis...

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Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by 205guy on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:00PM (#24888900)
Great idea! We could also add some AI and then connect it to the power grid, and people could earn something while watching virtual worlds on their screens and providing baseload generation to power all the machines.

What could go wrong?

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