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Free and Environmentally friendly electricity by Hamster Power Stations

ab | 28.08.2005 10:57 | Ecology | Globalisation | Technology | World

If you ever wanted your hamster doing something useful and productive instead of distracting and destructive, modify his enthusiasm to run into powering a nightlamp or your mobile phone.

Elvis charging a mobile
Elvis charging a mobile

Skippy powering a reading lamp
Skippy powering a reading lamp


According to Ananova,
a 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part of his GCSE science project.
ttp://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1513938.html

But Skippy, the Hamster prefers to power a reading lamp:
Hamster-Powered Night Light With Custom Low-RPM Alternator
 http://www.otherpower.com/hamster.html

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Other environmental options currently in development are microbial fuel cell (MFC) powered by shit.:
 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4761
 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18124383.000

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  1. Any animal right activist around ? — what's that ?
  2. hamster rights — know your pet