Bike-powered VoIP
Inveneo's mission is bringing low-cost technology solutions to developing communities, and to that end they've developed this fly bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP, e-mail and web browsing system. It uses a combination of Linux and Asterisk, combined with off-the-shelf hardware, to provide a rider with about an hour of talk time for every 15 minutes of workout on the bike. WiFi routes the traffic to a central hub with existing phone infrastructure up to 100 miles away. We gotta see if we can hook one of these up in the office and get some discounts for giving back to the Vonage grid.
