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pants2
57 days ago
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A physicist rigged his pet hamster’s wheel to uplo...
A quick search suggests one hamster can produce around 0.5 Wh/day, so 100 hamsters should easily power your phone laptop with a constant 50W!
sokoloff
57 days ago
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That would be an average supply of just over 2 W. (50Wh/day is 50Wh/24h or 50/24 W)
pants2
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You're right. Wh/day is a terrible unit!
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