A simple question; how many of you can run your lives smoothly without five minutes of power? We’re indeed slaved by power and our lives become handicapped when it is cut out. Let’s consider Japan for instance; the use of vending machines in this country is ubiquitous, but what happens when power cuts render them dead? To deal with this uncertainty, Japan now has Sanden’s emergency vending machine that works on the principle of cranking. Using muscle power for its operation, this machine is gentle on the environment and can be used as an all time alternate as well.
Just recently, Japan completed its first anniversary after surviving the combined disaster of a tsunami, an earthquake followed by a nuclear threat. During the time of recuperation, Japan witnesses darkened streets at night and dead vending machines diming life out of people.
Therefore, as a possible solution, vending machine maker, Sanden thought of making use of elbow grease to power the vending machine in the absence of power and when the possibility of having a solar generator too has been ruled out. This is an innovative solution, but considering its underside is equally essential. One will have to make about 70 rotations of the crank to power the vending machine. The good part is that you can make around six to seven bottles of any drink with 20 seconds of powering.
For those of you who are willing to make the extra effort for a bottle full of a drink, this innovation can bring you good respite during power cuts, but those of you who shy away from cranking; all you can do is wait for some other innovation to suit your laziness.
Via: CNET
