Did anyone else go in on this kickstarter?
If it is anygood, it will have been a serious bargain. Will post an update after it arrives and I've given it a try.
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Neo (ree light( kickstarter - shipping soon
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Posted 8 years ago #
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That looks really interesting, although I'm not sure that it's quite the perpetual motion machine they're making it out to be.
Light generation is not yet listed on Wikipedia as one of the uses of eddy currents.
Posted 8 years ago # -
I'm fascinated by how these work, an aluminium rim shouldn't generate any magnetic flux to generate the power.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Stick-on magnet somewhere?
Must be a decade ago I got given a set of original Ree-lights for nowt by them at the Cycle Show in London when I spoke to them about citycycling. Neat idea, but very much 1st Gen learning curve I think.
Looks like this will work better, and a really good idea - but I do have to say, I think they look a bit.... ugly....
Have just pre-ordered a second gen Knog Oi bell after missing out on the Kickstarter. Should be shipping next month sometime. I do like when you see these ideas coming to fruition.
Posted 8 years ago # -
I'm fascinated by how these work, an aluminium rim shouldn't generate any magnetic flux to generate the power.
Aluminium isn't ferromagnetic, but eddy currents work in any conducting material.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Knew someone on here would know! So alchemy then :) cheers Frenchy.
WC the original ones had a magnet attached to the spokes and worked like a traditional dynamo cum cycle computer quite clever but not very powerful as I remember (?)
My new pebble should arrive soon but that wasn't too much of a risk!
Posted 8 years ago # -
I went for just the front light - which should be under £10 (although they later came back and said they'd 'forgotten' to include postage costs, which I thought was rather dodgy.
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