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Pedal powered Laptop charging solution invented at MIT
Nov 12 2007, C.S.

Talking about renewable source of energy, the list that occurs to us is wind, water and sun. But mechanical energy is another renewable source of energy that has been in use since time immemorial, either with the use of animals or humans themselves....

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