Clean Energy, Real Food – plus science and tech stuff
Updated Jun-22-2010
I am documenting the construction of my first wind turbine. I am not an expert, just learning as I go. I am not building a turbine from scratch, but instead trying to first succeed in mounting one to a tower and wiring it up to power small devices inside my house. Continue reading ‘Wind Turbine Construction’ »
Charging a Cub Cadet lawnmower 12V battery with a solar panel and Sunsei charge controller.
Continue reading ‘Solar Panel Charging a Lawnmower Battery’ »
I use my media player, a Creative Zen Vision W, to listen to podcasts and occasionally I’ll watch a video on it or let my kids watch videos on it. The other day the battery was dead and I decided to use my small solar circuit to charge it up.
Many people have tried adding Mentos to Diet Coke for a fun explosion of foam. Does only Diet Coke work or can another beverage work as well? Could Diet Pepsi work with Mentos to make an eruption?
My two kids were interested in the experiment, so for fun, we tried making our own volcano with Mentos and Diet Pepsi. It works!
We wanted to see how isopropyl alcohol vapor burns. The video below shows a few of our burns.
Slow Computers:
