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April 4, 2018

These kids have to use rowing machine if they want to play their video games

by Laura Domela

Playing video games all day long becomes a healthy sport when you’ve got one of these genius contraptions. Maker Jeremy Fielding uses a rowing machine to make this human-powered generator, which is needed if the kids want to play their video games, and they have less than one minute to switch rowers – otherwise the power goes out and their game goes kaput. via Boing Boing

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