Talk:Human-powered equipment

Self powered?
To me self-powered would mean equipment that powered itself. Manually powered, human-powered or user-powered would all make more sense for the topic of this article. Of course we'd need reliable sources to decide but I'm hoping to motivate a search for them. Ccrrccrr (talk) 14:51, 20 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree. This title is misleading. Joja  lozzo  02:01, 9 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I also agree. I'll make the change. -AndrewDressel (talk) 08:34, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I suggest merging in information from the following small articles:
 * Windup radio
 * Pedal radio

The quality of this article Human-powered equipment definitely needs to be improved, and had already been tagged as such. But I think it at least has the right title, and thus is the logical place to consolidate various stub and semi-orphan articles that are unlikely to develop much on their own. I will search for and add other potential merge articles to the above list, if I find any more. Comments? --Reify-tech (talk) 14:48, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Go for it. If someone writes the saga of pedal radios later, it can always be split again. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:25, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. As Wtshymanski said it, though Pedal radio are a nice piece of history, right now they will only benefit from the wider perspective. --Muhandes (talk) 15:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

added info
Green gym equipment Some equipment is designed for use in gymnasiums. Examples include cycling and treadmills by companies such as Human Dynamo, MotorGym Co Ltd, SportsArt, Ecovergence, Woodway

Articles need to be made on the companies, and more devices are needed. 91.182.52.211 (talk) 11:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * If we could find sources, this might be an addition; an article in "Spectrum" a year or so ago seemed to indicate that none of these gadgets generated as much energy as used by the light bulb hanging over them, so they are more of a novelty than a serious attempt at energy conservation. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:04, 20 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Removed. It looks like a simple attempt at dropping links. Cantaloupe2 (talk) 11:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)