Wind Turbine
Don and I tested out his Vertical Axis Turbine design. I set up a small generator LED combination that is very efficient. Perhaps we can try and run that. Blog…
Read morePull cord
I’ve been thinking of using a rowing or pull chord of sorts with the Feel the Power project. Potenco has been thinking of making something along the same lines. They’re…
Read moreThermo-couple
My friend Steve Aplin mentioned that there were some interesting ways of powering remote vehicles. It’s called an Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). In a nutshell you take a radioactive heat…
Read moreLarge Pop Pop boat engine
We had limited materials so we wound up attempting to make a coil pop pop engine but then abandoned that and decided to make a larger engine since we had…
Read moreShred Power
My friend Emily has been working on various small scale citizen electricity generation systems based on common materials. Apparently this is something in the labs of Wind Energy Lighting. Here’s…
Read moreCitizen Electricity?
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Read moreFeel the power
This project has been floating around the lab for a while and I’m realizing I should get it running. The idea is to make a generation system (perhaps pedaled) to…
Read moreOttawa Solar Power
I dropped by Ottawa Solar Power yesterday. It was a great pleasure to talk to the gentleman at the front desk. I have is card at home and will report…
Read moreSolar candle system
I’ve been talking with my friend Steve Aplin recently about the Occupy movement and the Ottawa phenomena. He happens to have an apparatus for collecting and storing solar energy and…
Read moreTaking your cellphone off the grid
Can you run your cell phone off the grid? I find that when travelling there is often challenging times when it comes to keeping cell phones and laptops going. I’ve…
Read moreActual danger of different energy sources
Below are some numbers I grabbed from NextBigFuture. You can have a ball with these numbers in conversation. Death rates don’t correlate well with how much people fear each power…
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