This post about a homemade bicycle generator begins: “Living in the woods there are no convenient plug sockets.” And yet laptops are still necessary tools. Authors of the blog A Walk Around Britain have created a simple bicycle-powered electrical generator using the same parts as those described in The Human-Powered Home’s plan for a homemade bicycle generator–scooter motor, pulley, cog, and an old car battery. Except that this ingenious, rustic generator uses a stand made of sticks!

It proves that human power is adaptable, portable, simple, and effective.