Solar Powered Donkey Cart

[HardOCP News]

Say this really slow…solar powered donkey cart…and try not to laugh. Seriously, what in the world is going on here?

Rugged in construction and ingenious in design, the “HAPPY” is a high-tech model of an ancient, yet proven concept, the donkey cart.

 

[HardOCP News]

And this beats a hand cranked battery (minus the cart/donkeys/humiliation) how?

 

[Diablo2K]

Why?

 

[GJSNeptune]

The sideboards can be set at an angle as safety barriers for passengers.

Those donkeys, whew, they sure can pick up speed.

 

[Blazemore]

Just getting high tech with what they have....bet the other Village is pissed

 

[Blazemore]

Lan Party Donkey Cart FTW!!!

 

[GJSNeptune]

A LAN party for Solitaire. Pretty sure an 8800 would blow it up.

 

[bigted]

A LAN party for Solitaire. Pretty sure an 8800 would blow it up.

thx dr buzzkill

power up an NES and play "Donkey Kong" maybe?

 

[Icemastr]

What I want to know is how much these cost. They ask for donations but I can't find any information about projected costs or feasibility of this project.

 

[Blazemore]

A LAN party for Solitaire. Pretty sure an 8800 would blow it up.

Series Donkey Carts together, oh the power!! 8800 would help raise the temp too.

 

[GJSNeptune]

It's too bad they didn't try to blend it into its surroundings. They're industrial. Bright blue and yellow metal? C'mon.

 

[bmartin]

I wonder if their webhost uses solar powered servers.

Powered by an ancient, yet proven concept, that inventors are usually crazy.

(queue the "donkey inside") commercial.

 

[yevaud]

Uh, how are the donkeys connected to the solar panel? Nevermind, I don't want to know.

 

[simpsond]

Wow, someone has been fooled and exploited into thinking .... Who knows....

 

[FuzzyPoncho]

the big question is...


can it play doom?

 

[UnlimitedMP]

It's always nice to hear of these projects. Like many universities, mine has green project groups that go to less fortunate countries. I think one time they made a solar powered water pump and another time a human/solar powered generator. The trick with these things is to make it stupid-proof and/or easily replaceable

 

[GJSNeptune]

Okay, but...a solar-powered donkey cart?

 

[RoBo]

I hope it falls down a well.