We love our kinetic energy here at Inhabitat, and we are excited to announce inventive use of human kinetic power: The brandnew 2 GB Eco Media Player is hand-crank portable media player can play ...

The project involved connecting a small hand crank to a rotary encoder switch for use as an input device, and attaching it to the side of the little Arduino-powered gaming device.

No, the crank isn't meant to power it up; it's actually meant as a game controller. Yes, really. Three months ago, Panic Inc. revealed that it's been working on a curious product: a hand-held game ...

What makes it peculiar is its small hand crank — yes, a real functioning crank that users can turn and use to play certain titles. The Hardware. Playdate is tiny, ...

It consists of a small hand crank attached to a dynamo. Turning the crank generates mechanical energy, which is converted to electrical energy within the charger and then stored on a small battery.

The onboard battery of the Sun and Cloud camera from Superheadz can be charged via USB, a small photovoltaic panel or by a side-mounted hand crank View 12 Images 1 / 12 ...

Check out the video below to see just how robust this hand crank generator really is. – This is a working power generator. – The rotor spins close to 1500 rpm, and produce close to 30 watts.