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submitted 5 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/technology@slrpnk.net

This is an industrial designed exercise bike from Lithuania that can store 2KWh of electricity generated by your own exercise.

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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago

Rule of thumb efficiency of humans is about 25%, which is about the kJ to Calorie conversion, too


so 14kJ of energy output burns ~14,000 Calories.

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 5 months ago

True, I only included kJ equivalent because some countries use kJ on nutritional panels instead of Calories. Actual conversion rate of human energy stores to usable power is, at a guess, more like

Calories * 0.25 * 0.6 * 0.8 - dt

where t is time, d is the self-discharge rate of the battery, 0.6 is the efficiency of the generator, and 0.8 is the efficiency of the battery.

So, user better eat their wheaties.

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