[*BCM*] Question on bike lights

[Max Harless]

Hey, does no one else keep all their emails?? This appeared on the 
list in January, and spurred some sort of discussion. I think it's a 
THIRD type of generator light.
   -max

>Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 00:17:27 +0000
>From: rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com>
>To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Fwd: [phonography] Cycling recordists
>
>That's really interesting, I'll have to read that!  As for lights
>powered by humans, I stumbled on this while looking up ways to
>generate power.    http://www.freelights.co.uk/   it seems to be a
>nice way to make your bike visible without making it more difficult to
>ride (friction and so on).  The key is the magnet tumbles past one of
>the magnets on the spokes and thereby creates electrical current.  No
>physical turbine gets cranked, which seems amazing to me not being
>much of an electrician.
>