[OT]: Turn your printer into a mini wind generator

[jim]

I thought this may be of interest to some TLUGers as I know some of you
have dead printers in your basement. As part of it's festival which
explores sustainability as its theme this year, Subtle Technologies
http://www.subtletechnologies.com in partnership with the Sustainability
Office, and Learning Zone at the Ontario College of Art and Design is
organizing the workshop "Junk to Juice: DIY power generation on the
cheap". It is being facilitated by Hackett from the Madagascar
Institute. Some of you you may know Hackett for his jet powered bikes
and carousels (check out the recent Popular Mechanics article
http://tinyurl.com/24t572v ) however at this workshop he will be doing
something a little different. This workshop will show you how to take
apart a broken scanner or printer and turn it into a mini wind
generator. For the full workshop description check out the workshop link
on the Subtle Technologies site. There will be a few broken devices on
hand to use but now is your chance to make use of that old printer in
the basement.


Jim



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