Easy Energy Yogen Max foldable, man-powered laptop charger prototype complete

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.

[Via Coolest Gadgets, thanks Ink Master]

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 3:00PM]

Plug socket's better, and greener so yeah FUGLY

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 3:03PM]

You would have to kill me to do that much exercising for electricity power


Professional
Fusion uzo

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:16PM]

What if we just kill you anyway?

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 3:24PM]

patriks7, most people on this site would be upset if that happened, especially phanbouy, nerd talker and my other fans

[johann @ Dec 4th 2008 3:25PM]

I thought you said you were leaving?

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 3:34PM]

johann, you want me to leave

[James @ Dec 4th 2008 3:38PM]

We all want you to leave.

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:41PM]

Yes, not only he wants you to leave, but I'm guessing 99% of the people here do..

[rock99rock @ Dec 4th 2008 3:47PM]

I wouldn't say leave, i'd just say don't leave comments anymore :)

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 3:49PM]

Feel like most hated person on this site.
Probably because everyone jealous of me being professional at what I do.

[whatishalo? @ Dec 4th 2008 3:51PM]

Is there a certificate or training program to become a professional troll?

[BJ is Gooder @ Dec 4th 2008 4:05PM]

Seriously folks, as much as I like talking sh*t to this jackass, it only makes him comment more.

Don't feed the trolls.

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 4:11PM]

I will be leaving this site because of those bad comments, so bye.

Fusion Fuzo - Signing Out

Professional
Fusion Fuzo

[i.c. weiner @ Dec 4th 2008 4:12PM]

Professional at being a dick?

[CubeGuy @ Dec 4th 2008 4:21PM]

@Fusion

You said that yesterday. Go away.

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 4:21PM]

"I will be leaving this site because of those bad comments, so bye."

You already said that once.. didn't happen.. professional liar?
But I won't believe that until Engadget confirms you are banned..

[John @ Dec 4th 2008 4:27PM]

"People on this site are so evil and rude, Im going and not coming back" - December 3rd, 2:47 PM
"FUGLY" - December 4th, 2:05 PM

You apparently said that yesterday too and couldn't even make it 24 hours, so I'm not going to hold my breath. Also, find a word other than "fugly". Maybe even a real word, but given that you're living in an imaginary world where you're a professional I suppose that's too much to ask.

[Sharky @ Dec 4th 2008 4:36PM]

Fusion Fuzo don't go
You will be sadly missed by everyone the site
Wish you the best hope to see you soon again soooooooooon
Trustfully the best

Love Sharky your secret admirer

[konshuss @ Dec 4th 2008 4:36PM]

Do you people even know what a troll is?

Do you understand by addressing someone who nobody wants to talk to, draws more people into the nonsense like lemmings?

Is any number of you fools who replied to this halfwit aware that if you stop, he stops?

STOP FEEDING THE TROLL AND GIVE ME BACK MY ENGADGET.

[gonintendo @ Dec 4th 2008 4:46PM]

I don't want hin to leave. This site's boring without trolls.

[CubeGuy @ Dec 4th 2008 4:48PM]

There's nothing worse than a troll...

Except for the three or four people who always chime in with a "Don't feed the trolls."

We're not stupid. We know we're egging him on. Chill.

[J @ Dec 4th 2008 4:53PM]

It would be nice if this comment system collapsed replies to lowly-ranked off-topic comments. Or reduced the visibility of any replies to lowly ranked comments. Or prevented replies to lowly-ranked comments to become the highest-rated, since they are most likely off-topic themselves. Or disallowed replies altogether to the lowest ranked comments. Or

I give up. This is engadget after all...

[)ROFL( @ Dec 4th 2008 4:58PM]

Oh c'mon Fuzion Fuzo, you know they were kidding!

[Highest Rank @ Dec 4th 2008 5:14PM]

Ignore the haters please just come back fuzo.

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 5:24PM]

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT, I HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN AGAINST MY ENEMY'S

NICE THANKS TO ALL SUPPORTERS

[maveric101 @ Dec 4th 2008 5:45PM]

they're just humoring you. LEAVE.

[nerdtalker @ Dec 4th 2008 5:55PM]

Mr. Professional, you're hilarious. It's literally to the point where I just start laughing whenever I see your posts, and I think just about everyone here low ranks them right off the bat.

Plus, didn't you just say you were leaving the site and never coming back yesterday? You can only make one grand exit, ever. You can't make two, much less back to back days; it just looks stupid. Make up your mind, honestly.

[nerdtalker @ Dec 4th 2008 6:03PM]

I hate to double post, but I think I've figured you out; you work at that store in London you were mentioning yesterday, but you honestly must sit there all day long and read engadget obsessively. I mean, honestly, when you're going, you just comment the shit out of just about every single story. For being such a professional, you sure seem to have a huge amount of time to spew FUGLY and NICE all over every comment thread.

While I'm on that topic, I noticed that you always capitalize FUGLY and NICE in all your posts. Why the hell is that? I mean, your first three posts *ever* are "FUGLY" "FUGLY" "NICE," followed by the fourth which is, *gasp* a sentence: "NICE this I want, thats[sic] more more memory than both my windows xp pc's[sic]." Why? I don't know a lot of professionals who only have two words in their vocabulary to describe the attractiveness of something.

I mean, you're in a class of your own when it comes to engadget comment whores. Seriously.

[Goatee Man @ Dec 4th 2008 6:43PM]

You know, by the time I had read through all these replies to the first post, I had forgotten what the article was even about.

[John @ Dec 4th 2008 7:54PM]

It's not so much feeding the troll as flooding his inbox.

[James @ Dec 4th 2008 9:28PM]

If you feed a troll too much will they go away?

[chansthename @ Dec 5th 2008 12:35AM]

The replys to Fuzo are almost a page long and his inbox is probably full too. Win-Win

[Josh @ Dec 5th 2008 11:00AM]

there is this awesome little check box that you can un-check under the comment form that says "e-mail me when someone replies to this comment"

in doing so, you can prevent the email flooding, i'd imagine he's found it by now...

[superhobo @ Dec 6th 2008 3:40AM]

I just posted to bash the bad photoshop job.
And what the hell is that girl doing dancing in the background?

[majortom1981 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:00PM]

There is already something like this out

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/10/weza-foot-powered-portable-energy-source/

Its only $299 (could be cheaper other places).

So this product would have to be a lot cheaper.

[Vander @ Dec 4th 2008 3:56PM]

Yeah, but could this one indicate a Rock Band's insinuation like the post?, I don't think so, is more like a Benassi Stuff, fail unless it come with one of the girls.

[MyHeadisFed @ Dec 4th 2008 7:33PM]

Ummm. That thing is fucking massive.

[kjb434 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:02PM]

Couldn't just make a recharging glove the charges by motion. I think a lot of people could easily recharge their laptops when traveling at the hotel room by moving their hand really fast up and down.

[StalematE @ Dec 4th 2008 3:17PM]

HA!

[Thunderbuck @ Dec 4th 2008 3:40PM]

ewwwwww...

(but, yes, funny)

[hydrokayak @ Dec 4th 2008 3:43PM]

Perpetual motion device?

[kjb434 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:54PM]

For some people! Hey, they could market this to 12-year olds.

[BlurMagic @ Dec 4th 2008 4:25PM]

well. we all no what kjb spends every free minute of his life doing...

"moving his hand up and down"

of course!!!

[kjb434 @ Dec 4th 2008 4:27PM]

Proud to admit it! If there isn't some else to do with at the time, rosie and her 5 friends will have to do.

[eggothewaffle @ Dec 4th 2008 3:04PM]

So you're saying, I can put this underneath the feet of all the idiots who constantly shake their leg/tap their feet and it will charge my laptop?

BRILLIANT.

[404 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:24PM]

It'll charge your laptop, but they might try to charge you too for the effort!

[BigD145 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:36PM]

Making money off people with no self control? What will they think of next?

[maveric101 @ Dec 4th 2008 5:44PM]

what does shaking your leg have to do with self control? i just do it as a habit.

[Joseph @ Dec 4th 2008 6:06PM]

I'm not an idiot.

[linuxamp @ Dec 4th 2008 11:57PM]

Also great for long flights in coach class with no plugs.