This Desk will make you FIT!!

[nicklmg]

 

[Tech_Dreamer]

ferhst

 

[Light-Yagami]

1 minute ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

ferhst

 

sechoonnde

[Daniel644]

it seems like it would be much much simpler to simply wire the motor to the relay then tap the relay into the network switch power wire (after the wall wart that stepped it down to DC voltage) so that if you stop pedaling the relay switches off the network switch, no charge controller, battery or inverter would significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the build. and besides you don't want your WORK computer shutting down while you are working on something anyway.

[Light-Yagami]

5 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

it seems like it would be much much simpler to simply wire the motor to the relay then tap the relay into the network switch power wire (after the wall wart that stepped it down to DC voltage) so that if you stop pedaling the relay switches off the network switch, no charge controller, battery or inverter would significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the build. and besides you don't want your WORK computer shutting down while you are working on something anyway.

This is LTT... I'm not even gonna say what I think about them because I'd get prema banned and possibly sued.

[Daniel Monsanto]

List of parts please, will be interesting to build.

[Julian5]

Just use a sensor to turn on the network switch after a certain voltage is reached......

[Daniel Monsanto]

2 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

Just use a sensor to turn on the network switch after a certain voltage is reached......

I was thinking something more like this since it would be more forgiving. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0162NYWUW/ref=sspa_mw_detail_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[nicklmg]

16 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

This is LTT... I'm not even gonna say what I think about them because I'd get prema banned and possibly sued.

Lol what?... I don't think we've literally ever banned someone for saying negative stuff about us.

[Enderman]

These geniuses used an AC inverter in order to turn DC into AC so that they can convert the AC back into DC.

 

Then they use a relay to turn the power on and off which completely negates the need of the generator powering the switch.

 

Wow. I admit I am quite impressed with how bad this was.

 

[Julian5]

Just now, Enderman said:

These geniuses used an AC inverter in order to turn DC into AC so that they can convert the AC back into DC.

 

Then they use a relay to turn the power on and off which completely negates the need of the generator powering the switch.

 

Wow. I admit I am quite impressed with how bad this was.

 

https://media.giphy.com/media/bkklBjAmlYjv2/giphy.gif

I Agree, simplest would have been direct 12v into the switch or a sensor such as an Arduino connected to the pc or a relay.

[Light-Yagami]

Just now, nicklmg said:

Lol what?... I don't think we've literally ever banned someone for saying negative stuff about us.

Hey Nick  

 

I'm glad if you didn't. I'll just say this. I liked you people when you were small. Back in 2015. But now.. it's a comedy show. AdoredTV, Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus and Digital Foundry to name a few have become the standard in tech media. 

[Enderman]

Just now, Julian5 said:

I Agree, simplest would have been direct 12v into the switch or a sensor such as an Arduino connected to the pc or a relay.

Just a relay so that you don't need any voltage regulation or other crap.

A motor, two wires, and a relay.

That's literally all that is needed.

[Motifator]

That made me chuckle, but the end result would have been more intense with a proper 500W electric bike, a rig high end enough + cycling.

[nicklmg]

1 minute ago, Light-Yagami said:

Hey Nick  

 

I'm glad if you didn't. I'll just say this. I liked you people when you were small. Back in 2015. But now.. it's a comedy show. AdoredTV, Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus and Digital Foundry to name a few have become the standard in tech media. 

That's totally fine - I'm also a fan of a few of the sites you mentioned. We've never claimed to be "the last word in tech journalism" - I think we're pretty open about the fact that our channel has become primarily focused on entertainment and pushing boundaries rather than traditional tech coverage.

 

My advice would be to not make claims that you can't back up though... as I said we've never banned anyone for giving a negative opinion about us, and we've never sued anyone lol. The only legal recourse we take is focused on content theft.

[Light-Yagami]

2 minutes ago, nicklmg said:

That's totally fine - I'm also a fan of a few of the sites you mentioned. We've never claimed to be "the last word in tech journalism" - I think we're pretty open about the fact that our channel has become primarily focused on entertainment and pushing boundaries rather than traditional tech coverage.

 

My advice would be to not make claims that you can't back up though... as I said we've never banned anyone for giving a negative opinion about us, and we've never sued anyone lol. The only legal recourse we take is focused on content theft.

Maybe I should put (sarcasm) on the end. You took it pretty seriously. I don't make claims I can't back up, feel free to look at my forum history. 

Have a good time Nick. Nice talking to you.

[axipher]

It would definitely be much better for $Version 2 to implement a larger battery (small car battery like a group 51 or something) and an arduino/realay combo connected to the power button of the PC.  that wasy you can put in a 5-10 second delay, or some sort of locakable switch that would enable/disable the system in case they get an important call.  The arduino would also let you give some sort of feedback to the user as well, maybe a 80segment display giving a 10 second countdown or something like that.

[MattMatt]

Buck converter or buck/boost converter would have helped here.

[ilumen]

So genies idea that can evolve to interesting APP.

 

So you need separate bike and PC
When exorcising bicycle controller like raspberry pi calculates power generate.
Then on PC you have hardware – or software switch(APP) that turns off PC(enter sleep mode)
when "power" runs out

 

It may be not direct power (real) generate and consume value, but some imaginary number
Like exorcising 30 mins – generate power for 1-2 hr PC
And even cooler: points spending may be align to CPU use
– let say games consume more power then idle PC
(or Idle pc with CPU consumption  10 less % not consume power at all or at minimum)

 

P.s I be happy if LTT make business from this idea ^^

 

[VictorNS7186]

Couldn't they just use a bike computer (sensor) and a switch?

[Ginger_]

DC to AC to DC.....

 

wow

[Shorttimer]

There's several comments on YouTube, they beat me to it, suggesting to just power the monitor. No more crashes.

 

Add desk lamp, speakers, etc., for more resistance. 

Edited August 25, 2018 by Shorttimer
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[Hans Power]

Oh my god guys! This is just the best! THE BEST! Period!

[Speed Weed]

This is what I need! EXERCISE AND GAMING AT THE SAME TIME. 

[Sparpet]

Seems what you want is something like a webcycle: