status is none of yer' damn business!! :-)
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Yep, the Yogen could be the difference of life and death to the outdoor enthusiast. I know I will own one when it's available.
The Yogen will be a big help in situations like this.
Missing Hiker Found Alive In Rocky Mountain National Park
Hillel Ben-Avi Spotted By Search Helicopter
POSTED: 2:30 pm MDT August 31, 2005
UPDATED: 7:46 pm MDT August 31, 2005
A Texas man who had been missing at Rocky Mountain National Park since Sunday was found alive Wednesday afternoon.
Hillel Ben-Avi, 45, was spotted by a helicopter that was conducting an aerial search in the Hague Creek area of the Mummy Range.
The thought of Be-Avi going into another potentially cold evening caused real concern that the search might not end well, but now everybody is all smiles.
"I'm doing fabulously well. This is the happiest day of my life. I owe it all to search and rescue people," said Doron Ben-Avi, Hillel's brother. "Honest to God, I thought he was dead, or worse. I know it was cold it has been at night here and I'm just flabbergasted that when I saw him after they brought him down from the helicopter, he was standing up. They had an IV in his arm but he was gesturing and had normal posture. He was clearly dehydrated. My brother is one tough cookie but I say, they saved his life."
Hillel Ben-Avi was flown to the park's helibase at Upper Beaver Meadows where he received medical care, park officials said. Rescuers said he appears tired and hungry but is otherwise in good condition.
Ben-Avi was last seen near the summit of Fairchild Mountain Sunday afternoon when he was hiking with his brother. They became separated and on Sunday afternoon, Ben-Avi used his cell phone to call park dispatchers for help but then in the middle of the conversation, the cell phone battery died.
Dozens of searchers and a couple of search dogs spent all day Monday and Tuesday looking for Ben-Avi.
Apparently, he came across a fishing pole during his trek and he tied a white shirt to the pole and waved it around. It was that shirt that searchers spotted in the air Wednesday afternoon.
Ben-Avi is a radiologist from Austin, Texas.
Yes they are. Charts looking pretty good right now IMO.
Good to see it is holding up well today.
That is some good news. Thanks for posting it bud.
It's coming.
Hehe. My bad!!
YoGenT Charger design and technical advantages:
For power capability and ergonomic design, for operation without fatigue and the most effective charging, three major design innovations have been incorporated:
1. A high power, disk alternator; designed as a very compact, low-profile device in a flat smooth housing. A novel, patented design of the combination of coreless permanent magnet rotor and stator coils, integrated with electronic circuit attached to mechanical transmission providing high power and efficiency of the charger .
2. For ease of use over extended periods of charging, the YoGenT mechanism is a masterpiece of mechanical engineering. To keep the unit flat, simple speed multiplication mechanism is designed instead of complex gear mechanism used in other hand chargers. Further, the alternator rotors are "flywheels", which with built-in ratchet extend the effective generation cycle even after the pulling cycle has ceased.
3. The YoGenT Charger high power capability is complemented by the innovative charging and protection circuit providing proper consumer (e.g. cell-phone) charging and monitoring SOC of internal battery.
Power needs and charging times:
Cellphones: typical talk-transmission power is about 0.5-1W. With the 3.7V lithium-ion batteries, discharge current can reach 130-270mA. Standby current is much lower and when the screen is off it is less than 10mA.
Most available cell-phone batteries are of 750-1300mAh capacity. Typical charging times, with wall chargers, are from 3 to 5 hours, providing up to 400mA. YoGen under intensive operation may supply up to 1 A and thus to provide a tenfold talk time in relative to cord pulling time.
Yep, good move for those that was able to snag those cheapies.
My eye is definitely on it Pastor.
Easy Energy Yogen Max foldable, man-powered laptop charger prototype complete
by Laura June, posted Dec 4th 2008 at 2:57PM
Charging your laptop could start to feel a lot more like work in the near future, if the folks at Easy Energy have it their way. They've just completed a protoype for the Yogen Max laptop charger, and though details are particularly spartan about the actual workings of the device, as you can see from the mock-up, it's going to involve a human foot pumping juice directly into your laptop. Unlike some other devices we've seen, the Yogen Max has no external battery, plus it's way more foldable and boasts a totally awesome font. The spokesperson from Easy Energy says they hope to bring the product to the consumer market sometime in 2009. If that girl in the background of the photo is any indication of how outlandishly fun the human-powered charger is to use, we sure hope it's available soon.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/04/easy-energy-yogen-max-foldable-man-powered-laptop-charger-proto/
The Yogen Max is a foot pedal laptop charger prototype that will fold up for easy travel, allowing you to run your laptop like an antique sewing machine.
Of course, we all know that the human body coupled with the right balance of mechanical generators can produce electricity. But if you're one of those people who compulsively taps their foot anyway, the Yogen Max can help you run your laptop from anywhere—not just when you're stuck traveling abroad without adapters, but when half your body is pinned under a tree in the wilderness, and all you have is one leg free and an open laptop to call for help.
There's no release date or price at this time, but we'll keep an eye out for ya (pending we're not trapped under a tree somewhere in the wilderness without access to laptop power) and (pending it can produce enough power to run an actual laptop). [Easy Energy via Coolest Gadgets]
http://gizmodo.com/5100976/yogen-max-charges-laptops-with-feet
Most laptop chargers are rather bulky and huge, even with the strides we’ve taken in the world of miniaturization these days. Easy Energy aims to go against the grain with its Yogen Max foldable laptop charger which is able to charge gasping laptops without having to depend on any external power source. Sounds pretty crazy, considering how they’re not going to depend on solar power either. Check out what Guy Ofir, Chief Executive Officer of Easy Energy has to say, “This unique product will allow for the complete charging of a laptop anywhere in the world, inside or outside, wired or not.” Yogen Max is tipped to be released sometime next year. I myself am pretty interested to see how the Yogen Max will pan out when it is finally available to the masses. Guess you’ll have pretty solid calf muscles once you’re done juicing up your laptop with this.
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081202/yogen-max-foldable-laptop-charger/
Yes it is.
No doubt Stevo, witht his SS this could bounce hard and fast.
This is so oversold.
No doubt there's a martket for these devices. Now the compnay has to execute their plan and it appears they are well on their way with the production test coming in March.
Yes we are. Very nice.
Cell phones and laptops are 2 things most people will not wothout these days.
If done correctly this can be VERY succesful!!!
Global cell phone use at 50 percent
Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:42pm EST
(Reuters) - Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched, research firm Informa said.
Since the first Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT) networks were switched on in 1981 in Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Norway, mobile phones have become the consumer electronics sector with the largest volume of sales in the world.
"The mobile industry has constantly outperformed even the most optimistic forecasts for subscriber growth," Mark Newman, head of research at Informa said in a statement.
"For children growing up today the issue is not whether they will get a mobile phone, it's a question of when," Newman said.
In recent years the industry has seen surging growth in outskirts of China and India, helped by constantly falling phone and call prices, with cellphone vendors already eyeing inroads into Africa's countryside to keep up the growth.
The Nordic start for mobile telephony was the basis for the success stories of Finnish Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST).
Fast growth in Asian wireless markets has since helped Korean Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics (066570.KS) as well as China's ZTE (0763.HK) take their place among the top six cellphone vendors globally.
But although mobile subscriptions have reached the equivalent of 50 percent of the population, this does not mean that half the people in the world now have a mobile phone, since Informa said 59 countries have mobile penetration of over 100 percent -- where some owners have more than one phone.
"The economic difference between the more mature markets and those in developing countries is highlighted by the vast differences in operators' revenues per user," Informa said.
Hutchison Whampoa's (0013.HK) 3 operation has an average revenue per user of just over $70 a month in Britain, while Hutchison's Sri Lankan operator counts revenues of below $3 per user.
According to the International Programs Center of the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the world reached 6,634,294,193 on Thursday.
At the same time 2,571,563,279 people were using the most widely used mobile technology, GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), according to global trade body GSM Association.
The second largest mobile technology, CDMA, had 421.4 million users at end September.
(Reporting by Tarmo Virki)
Yeah, that would help out.
Indeed. Just a little wishful thinking right now on my part.
Easy Energy Announces Completion of the Final Design of Its YoGen Max(TM), a Compact Foldable Laptop Charger
Jan 22, 2009 9:30:00 AM
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View Additional ProfilesLAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/22/09 -- Easy Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ESYE), the sole owner of the YoGen® product suite, a line of highly innovative, compact, ergonomically efficient manpowered generators, designed for use recharging portable electronic devices ranging in size from cell phones to laptop computers, is pleased to announced that it has completed the finalization of the design of its YoGen Max(TM), a compact foldable manpowered charger for laptop computers and other like-sized devices.
The YoGen Max(TM) will enable Easy Energy to service the extremely large and growing market for chargers capable of handling portable electronic devices of 50-60 W, i.e. primarily laptop and notebook computers. The YoGen Max(TM) is designed to be conveniently foot operated. The user will be able to produce sufficient power to operate their laptop and charge its battery in an uninterrupted fashion, without detracting from their ability to simultaneously work on their computer, by pressing down on a springy, suspended, self-returning pedal. The design of the pedal mechanism and efficiency of the generator allow for long-term operation at the required wattage without significant user fatigue.
When not in use, the YoGen Max(TM) folds up into a compact book-sized package. The breakthrough level of performance characteristic of the YoGen® line of manpowered chargers, which has made them a viable economical source of green alternative energy, is enabled by dramatically innovative advances in several aspects of both the device's mechanism which converts linear motion into rotary motion and the uniquely efficient alternator and electronic controller.
"We are very pleased to have completed the final design of the YoGen Max(TM) in such a timely fashion," commented Guy Ofir, CEO of Easy Energy, Inc. "The finished device has met or exceeded our highest expectations in operational testing and its attractive appearance and compactness are great complements to its leading edge performance and durability. We believe that the 'Max(TM)' will be an unmitigated success in the marketplace and are now engaged in the process to bring it into production with all possible speed. We expect to be able to announce substantial progress toward that goal in the near future."
About Easy Energy:
Easy Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ESYE) is the sole owner of the YoGen® product suite of compact man-powered generators, which are designed to provide an innovative and effective solution to the currently underserved need of the almost limitless users of portable electronics devices for a power source that will ensure those devices' ability to operate in circumstances in which conventional recharging sources are unavailable. Included in the product line are the basic YoGen®, a slim, pocket-sized charger for small devices such as cell phones, GPS, iPODs, etc., which is operated by a convenient pull-cord; the YoGen Max(TM), a compact, fold-up foot-driven charger for laptop computer sized devices which also includes its own battery pack; and the most recently prototyped YoGen Bat(TM), which will replace a conventional cell phone battery and provide pull-cord charging capability without the need for a stand-alone charger. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada with offices in Naariya, Israel. For more information on our company and innovative YoGen® product suite, please visit our corporate website at: http://www.easy-energy.biz.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include our statements regarding our goals, beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans, including product and service developments, future financial conditions, results or projections or current expectations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or "continue," the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Further information on potential factors that could affect our business is described under the heading "Risks Related to Our Business" in Part I, Item 1, "Description of Business" of our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and in our registration statement on Form S-1 no 333-150468, which was declared effective on October 31, 2008. Except as otherwise required by law, Easy Energy, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT:
Evian IR
1-877-331-8777
svd@easy-energy.biz
Easy Energy Announces Completion of the Final Design of Its YoGen Max(TM), a Compact Foldable Laptop Charger
Jan 22, 2009 9:30:00 AM
Email Story Discuss on ZenoBank
View Additional ProfilesLAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/22/09 -- Easy Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ESYE), the sole owner of the YoGen® product suite, a line of highly innovative, compact, ergonomically efficient manpowered generators, designed for use recharging portable electronic devices ranging in size from cell phones to laptop computers, is pleased to announced that it has completed the finalization of the design of its YoGen Max(TM), a compact foldable manpowered charger for laptop computers and other like-sized devices.
The YoGen Max(TM) will enable Easy Energy to service the extremely large and growing market for chargers capable of handling portable electronic devices of 50-60 W, i.e. primarily laptop and notebook computers. The YoGen Max(TM) is designed to be conveniently foot operated. The user will be able to produce sufficient power to operate their laptop and charge its battery in an uninterrupted fashion, without detracting from their ability to simultaneously work on their computer, by pressing down on a springy, suspended, self-returning pedal. The design of the pedal mechanism and efficiency of the generator allow for long-term operation at the required wattage without significant user fatigue.
When not in use, the YoGen Max(TM) folds up into a compact book-sized package. The breakthrough level of performance characteristic of the YoGen® line of manpowered chargers, which has made them a viable economical source of green alternative energy, is enabled by dramatically innovative advances in several aspects of both the device's mechanism which converts linear motion into rotary motion and the uniquely efficient alternator and electronic controller.
"We are very pleased to have completed the final design of the YoGen Max(TM) in such a timely fashion," commented Guy Ofir, CEO of Easy Energy, Inc. "The finished device has met or exceeded our highest expectations in operational testing and its attractive appearance and compactness are great complements to its leading edge performance and durability. We believe that the 'Max(TM)' will be an unmitigated success in the marketplace and are now engaged in the process to bring it into production with all possible speed. We expect to be able to announce substantial progress toward that goal in the near future."
About Easy Energy:
Easy Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ESYE) is the sole owner of the YoGen® product suite of compact man-powered generators, which are designed to provide an innovative and effective solution to the currently underserved need of the almost limitless users of portable electronics devices for a power source that will ensure those devices' ability to operate in circumstances in which conventional recharging sources are unavailable. Included in the product line are the basic YoGen®, a slim, pocket-sized charger for small devices such as cell phones, GPS, iPODs, etc., which is operated by a convenient pull-cord; the YoGen Max(TM), a compact, fold-up foot-driven charger for laptop computer sized devices which also includes its own battery pack; and the most recently prototyped YoGen Bat(TM), which will replace a conventional cell phone battery and provide pull-cord charging capability without the need for a stand-alone charger. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada with offices in Naariya, Israel. For more information on our company and innovative YoGen® product suite, please visit our corporate website at: http://www.easy-energy.biz.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include our statements regarding our goals, beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans, including product and service developments, future financial conditions, results or projections or current expectations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or "continue," the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Further information on potential factors that could affect our business is described under the heading "Risks Related to Our Business" in Part I, Item 1, "Description of Business" of our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and in our registration statement on Form S-1 no 333-150468, which was declared effective on October 31, 2008. Except as otherwise required by law, Easy Energy, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT:
Evian IR
1-877-331-8777
svd@easy-energy.biz
The YoGen Max(TM) will enable Easy Energy to service the extremely large and growing market for chargers capable of handling portable electronic devices of 50-60 W, i.e. primarily laptop and notebook computers. The YoGen Max(TM) is designed to be conveniently foot operated. The user will be able to produce sufficient power to operate their laptop and charge its battery in an uninterrupted fashion, without detracting from their ability to simultaneously work on their computer, by pressing down on a springy, suspended, self-returning pedal. The design of the pedal mechanism and efficiency of the generator allow for long-term operation at the required wattage without significant user fatigue.
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Morning bud. I Agree, at this point I will give them the benefit of the doubt and see how this unfolds. So far I like what I have seen, not to emntion the state of the water in the world to day. Huge marlet out there and if PURO can cpture just .05% we wil be sitting pretty.
Me too, two for my hiking/hunting pack and one fore each car. Never know when you're car will break down.
I believe that is what they are trying to do right now isn't it in BC. If you want a well established and profitable company then your in the wrong arena. Time will tell if they can land the contracts they are after.
Better get you a couple then when they are avaialble. I plan on it.
"lack of definitive information from purio showing that they have a viable product from a business perspective."
What's this then? I think it clearly states that the producst is "viable".
Independant Performance Evaluation Report Exceeded Expectations
At a cost of over $250,000 the performance of the PURIO technology was monitored and evaluated by Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Corporation-West (CETAC-WEST). The comprehensive evaluation report is similar in most respects to USEPA or ISO 14023 protocol. Operational data from the plant, actually serving the wastewater treatment needs of a community of 120 homes was evaluated over a nine-month period. This report, summarized on Table 1 below, confirmed the unit’s ability, alone, to meet “enhanced primary” treatment objectives in terms of BOD (biological oxygen demand) and TSS (total suspended solids). It exceeded expectations by reaching “tertiary” standards in phosphorus removal. The plant was not designed to address nitrification or nitrogen removal so it did little, as expected, in either.
Coupled with accessory components, the train met the even higher “tertiary” treatment efficiency in terms of BOD and TSS and phosphorus concentrations.
Table 1.
Primary Treatment Secondary Treatment1
Raw Sewage Typical Standards Purio Separator Typical Standards Treatment Train
TSS (mg/l) 200-300 50-100 32 10-30 5
BOD (mg/l) 200-300 75-150 62 10-25 9
P (mg/l) 7-10 5-7 1 3.6-6.5 0.2
Total Coliform >107 >200,000 >1,000,000 <200,000 1,600
1Train includes Purio separator, rapid gravity sand filters, Waterloo Biofilters and UV disinfection.
Smaller-scale “Batch” unit developed and Sold
Its technology has been employed in a smaller scale “batch” version of the clarifier and is successfully operating on location. This unit produces clarified water for household use. The unit has now been serving a rural household in Canada for about three years with total success. The batch unit draws water from a lagoon (or dugout as it is sometimes called) that is overgrown by reeds, grasses and contains abundant wildlife. This raw water has a green color and a strong “wild” odor making it unfit for human use.
The water is drawn into the unit, clarified and stored in a cistern. The clarification process removes all color, and nearly all of the suspended solids to produce a clear, clean odorless product. No further treatment is required for its use in laundry, toilets and bath use. For drinking, this clarified water is then polished by means of a Reverse Osmosis system to produce high quality drinking water that is then passed through an Ultra-violet sanitizer to assure sterility.
The capacity of the batch clarifier unit is 1000 gallons (4000 liters) per day. The unit is fully automatic and requires only about $20.00 CDN per month in in-puts.
The product was able to out-compete regular filtration methods proposed by other companies and has proven its effectiveness over several years of trouble-free operation.
People-Powered Computing with Easy Energy's Yogen Max
by Tom Milnes on December 17, 2008
I'm sure that 2009 will be packed with must-have gizmos, but if I had my choice the one that I'd most like to get a hold of it would be Easy Energy's Yogen Max.
Although there is pretty scant information available on this device, apparently it is designed to be just what it looks like, a human-powered energy source for your laptop, consisting of a foldable footpedal that plugs directly into your laptop, and/or perhaps other devices that it can be suited to work with. So, you say I might be able to stick with my light, but not very long-lasting battery and never have to worry about running out of juice as long as I'm willing to tap-tap-tap? Hmm, who wouldn't be for that? All I have to say is why hasn't anyone come up with this idea already. Unfortunately Easy Energy's Website says next to nothing about the product, beyond a flash demonstration. Yet, according to a recent Endgadget posting, Easy Energy has completed a working prototype, so this is looking for real. Also, Easy Energy CEO Guy Ofir, in a Coolest Gadgets posting, says of the product, “This unique product will allow for the complete charging of a laptop anywhere in the world, inside or outside, wired or not.” The key words for me here are 'complete charging.' If he is claiming that a full charge can be produced this should sell itself.
It may seem a little goofy at first to think of walking into the local cafe, lining up a latte and busting out your little orange wah-wah power pedal, but if it works, is light and compact and is affordable, I'm sure you won't be the only one pedaling away across the WWW and beyond. And just think of the workout your calfs will get. Like I said, this little power pack is high on my list of '09 must-haves. Lets hope that prototype makes it to production.
--Tom Milnes
Which is perfect for any outdoor enthusiasts.
Morning people.
Oh and good morning everyone.
OK thanks Jim.
Ok, so basically you have no facts to back up your statement. Thanks for the clarification.
That is some serious allegations there Manti.
You want to elaborate a bit on this comment.
"At minimum, understanding that the patent, technology and Daryl English were involved in a Canadian publicly traded company before-- and that company was further down the path of commercialization..."
You got a link showing the involvment between the two other than a potential contract?
So let me get this straight, you are saying that English was involved with SnowCastle Estates Ltd. other than a possible contract?