Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Crank-A-Punch

You Crank, It Punches!

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This button-presser is handy when you need to press the same button lots of times, and really fast. The mechanism is either a bumpy wheel which presses a spring-loaded presser, or a piston/crankshaft setup with multiplier gear. One full turn of the crank equals 10 (or however many) button-presses.

Useful when you need to change the channel real fast, but don't have the remote.

—	galukalock, Jul 29 2003

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Oh yeah! Now I can beat those 10 year old kids at Konami's Track and Field!

—	DeathNinja, Jul 29 2003

I find that if I have the remote, I can hold down the button and wave my hand in front of the remote really fast. Same effect.

You _do_ know about the key repeat function in those new-fangled computers, don't you? :)

—	Cedar Park, Jul 29 2003

Heh. Yes, I do. This is for other devices, I'm afraid. Especially the ones whose repeat is slow or nonexistant.

Whipper-snapper. (No offense intended.)

—	galukalock, Jul 29 2003

[Cedar] has a good idea. rather than using a mechanical device, use an induction-based switch that can be clamped around the cord of, say, a playstation controller. Hold down the button that you want to press and tell the switch to open and close at a rate of about 10-20Hz. Should be fast enough to beat even the most sugar-accelerated 10-year-old.

—	Macwarrior, Nov 20 2003

They used to make "turbo" controllers for Nintendo and Sega. You just flipped a switch to activate the turbo, then when you held down the button, it was like you were pushing it a million times a minute, give or take...

—	luecke, Nov 20 2003

An electromechanical oscillator that moves back and forth rapidly in a reciprocating fashion... sounds a lot like a doorbell circuit, among other things.

—	TerranFury, Feb 26 2004

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