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Cool idea (the competition) but it would be nice to see some mechanical devices rather than a bunch of people pedaling generators to power electrical stuff. Like Jonaent (Jon) suggests a mechanically driven cinema, the old projectors are all mechanically driven so could easily be powered by a big flywheel, possibly driven through some form and centrifugal clutch to regulate the speed. You'd probably need to generate electric too, to run the computer and amplifiers for the sound.
something like a washing machine could be done purely mechanically
Cool stuff though.