Slashdot // Hamster-Powered Night Light

Gizmo · 27-August-04, 11:45 AM

An anonymous reader writes "Though Skippy the Hamster powers this night light by running on his excercise wheel, the same concepts and low-rpm alternator design could be applied to a school science project using different energy sources! A small wind or hydro turbine could easily power this alternator. The Otherpower.com staff thought of building a hamster-powered nightlight a couple years ago at a rather, uh, soused company Christmas party. Then recently Analise, an 8th grader from Albuquerque, NM, contacted DanF through the AllExperts.com Science For Kids forum, asking 'Can a rodent generate enough electricity to power a light by running on it's wheel?'"

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/27/0536212

Sum_12_fear · 28-August-04, 01:33 PM

Yup i can post on a news bot thread

27-August-04, 11:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gizmo News Hound Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Floating among Data streams, waiting for the right moment Posts: 44,023	Slashdot // Hamster-Powered Night Light An anonymous reader writes "Though Skippy the Hamster powers this night light by running on his excercise wheel, the same concepts and low-rpm alternator design could be applied to a school science project using different energy sources! A small wind or hydro turbine could easily power this alternator. The Otherpower.com staff thought of building a hamster-powered nightlight a couple years ago at a rather, uh, soused company Christmas party. Then recently Analise, an 8th grader from Albuquerque, NM, contacted DanF through the AllExperts.com Science For Kids forum, asking 'Can a rodent generate enough electricity to power a light by running on it's wheel?'" http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/27/0536212

28-August-04, 01:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sum_12_fear Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 529	Yup i can post on a news bot thread __________________ "In a perfect world there are no fences or walls therefore no need for Gates and Windows"

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