More perpetual heads
Recently my friends and I were approached by a guy flogging perpetual motion. Dave claimed he could make a perpetual motion machine using magnets. He said it was so easy…
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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 moreAA and AAA batteries
I finally got some AAA batteries and a descent charger. This was holding up a couple of projects that need batteries. I didn’t want to buy them local, I got…
Read morePerpetual Beer
We did a short after-social after last week’s ModLab. As you can see I invented “perpetual beer”. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on…
Read moreSilly magnets
Received these magnets. They are silly. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace Share on Orkut Share with Stumblers Share…
Read moreCylindrical magnets arrived
These just arrived. They look cute. The ball magnets and large magnet at the bottom came in a few weeks ago. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share…
Read moreI like magnets
I ordered some more: 10 Neodymium Magnets 10mm Sphere N48 Round Rare Earth 100pcs 3mm x 1mm Disc Rare Earth Neodymium Strong Magnets 10pcs of N52 Neodymium Cylinder Magnets 1/4″dia…
Read moreDiffraction Grating for Laser arrived
I got a sheet. I ordered a roll but they gooned me. Should work anyways. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share…
Read moreElectric coolers to be used as a thermo-pile
I picked up a couple of these to see how well they work at converting heat into electricity. I suppose I’ll cook up a heat sink or find a good…
Read moreMore magnets in
I got some of these magnets for kinetic sculpture. I’ll bring them to social events and see what happens. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed…
Read morePerpetual parts
I got this huge rare earth magnet and some nitinol wire. The rare earth magnet is pretty strong and one of these days I’m going to try and pull it…
Read moreFinally a reasonable perpetual motion machine
This has me thinking. I don’t know where to get plastic balls. There are probably other ways to do this. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on…
Read moreSimple Electric Motor
My comment on the video is “pending approval” and I suspect this faker will not approve it so I’m posting it here. That’s an ordinary rare earth magnet (button shaped…
Read moreThermoelectric Coolers
Some of you may recall that I was talking about thermo-couples and was interested in using them as an electricity generator rather than a sensor. I guess when there is…
Read moreNicer fake perpetual machines
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Read moreTop Magnetic Generator Review
Woah, here’s a funny one: http://topmagneticgenerator.com/ In the video testimonial the claim is: “It kinda works”! Here’s the video. The same Web site links to this video and tries to…
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