Hamster-powered phone charger

by Elsewhere 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    lol... now why didn't I think of this! With so many people with hamsters, I bet many people would be willing to buy a recharger like this! Just setup your phone at night and by morning you have a fresh battery! I could see them for sail at pet stores in the Hamster section.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1513938.html

    Hamster-powered phone charger

    A 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part of his GCSE science project.

    Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster's exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger.

    Elvis does the legwork while Peter charges his phone in an economically and environmentally friendly way.

    He came up with the idea after his sister Sarah complained that Elvis was keeping her awake at night by playing for hours on his exercise wheel.

    "I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine," he said.

    "Every two minutes Elvis spends on his wheel gives me about thirty minutes talk time on my phone."

    The teenage inventor was given a C for his project and has been awarded a D overall for the course.

  • Billygoat
    Billygoat

    Else,

    This is a pretty cool idea, although the project grade doesn't seem that swift. The kid utilizes energy that is otherwise wasted and all he gets is a lousy C? I'd be so disappointed!

    Andi

  • Robdar
    Robdar

    The kid only got a C? His teacher must be a butthead. I bet when that kid becomes an adult, he will be the next Bill Gates--just to spite the teacher.

  • misanthropic
    misanthropic

    Okay, messed up. Sorry, user error.

  • misanthropic
    misanthropic

    The teenage inventor was given a C for his project and has been awarded a D overall for the course.

    All that effort for a "C", what is wrong with his teacher? Is this a private or public school?

  • Mary
    Mary

    LMAO! Looks like it was made in Bedrock!!

  • Wasanelder Once
    Wasanelder Once

    It could be that his hamster project wasn't as cool as some other kids erupting volcano demonstration or how to make mold. Science marches on.

    Elvis lives?

    W.Once

  • cruzanheart
    cruzanheart

    What a GREAT idea! Obviously the kid was kept awake nights by a squeaky wheel and that's how he thought of it.

    Thanks, Elsewhere, for directing me to this thread! *sniff* The hamster looks just like our dear departed Teddy.

    Nina

  • Jankyn
    Jankyn

    A very cool idea. And perhaps the Brits on board here can tell us how their grading system works, because I suspect that "C" and "D" don't mean the same thing in this instance that it would in a U.S. school.

    Jankyn

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