Hamster charges mobile phone

[Steve]

Remember all the jokes about the hamsters going on strike, or the hamster wheels no longer turning? It was bound to happen that it would become a reality, as a student modified his hamster's wheel to enable him to charge his mobile phone.

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.

[Ananova]

2 minutes of trundling gets Peter half an hour of talk time. Pretty nifty!

[Xenctuary]

Good to see he failed

[lost eden]

So how many hamsters will I need to power my two PCs...?

[seasick]

Hmm.... hamster RAID.

[Akill]

thats a shame he got a D.. nifty idea though.

[moshpit]

His paper to accompany the project MUST have been a complete mess to have only scored a "C" on the project itself and a D in the class. Too bad tho, I thought it deserved a A for ingenuity and creativeness.

[TheAnimus]

my electronics project broke the day before evaluation, and i had only had < 3 months GCSE educaiton, i got a A for my project........ can't see how he failed.

I'd like to setup the hexus small furry geek animal races.

What we do is let people pitch their hampsters against gerbals, only instead of the useual tooth-to-furr action, we get a bunch of hampster wheels wire up some generators, and their have to shock the opersitions owner until they can't take anymore. Also i want exclusive rights to the televising, and betting of this sport. oh and 2012 olympics take note

[christiansoldie]

Maybe Peter should have spent less time on the phone and more time on his projects.

Speaking of projects:

Hamster Power - The renewable energy source

[chiark]

Somewhere a venture capitalist is rubbing his hands with glee and wondering if this can be out in time for christmas... Given the amount of useless USB gadgets (is there a hamster in a wheel USB thing?) then this would be a great alternative: hamster wheel with USB +5V output

[Clunk]

Hamsters using mobile phones while driving is almost as bas as them falling asleep at the wheel.

[christiansoldie]

[baius]

thats a shame he got a D.. nifty idea though.

Yeah - A* for creativity, imho.

Maybe Peter should have spent less time on the phone and more time on his projects.

I think you've got him sussed...

This thread made me smile. Thanks to the finder.

[baius]

Hmmm. Can't seem to thank you there, Steve. Would have done if I could.

[TAKTAK]

Hmmm. Can't seem to thank you there, Steve. Would have done if I could.

the thread was made sooo long ago that the 'thank' feature wasn't implemented at the time of posting

[PeterS]

Just found ther thread. I know someone whose hamster was run over by a radio controlled Toyota.

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