July 24, 2006

Human Hamseter Wheel
Funny Hacks

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  After you have made the Make Magazine version of the Hamster-Powered Generator you can scale things up a bit and power some larger items. This would be a great prank for Candid Camera, have an apartment set up with this wheel and have temps come in to power the apartment with it. I could just imagine the apartment owner sitting on the couch watching TV with the wheel spinning

Tesla Coil Overview
Crazy Hacks

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  Roger Smith made a great overview of how a Tesla coil is built. Warning, don’t attempt to build one of these as your first electrical project. Roger was also kind enough to give us an interview, here are the interview results.   Interview with Roger Smith Hacked Gadgets: How did you get into the electronic/electrical hobby? Roger Smith: I first got interested in Tesla coils when my older brother