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Have you split the atom in your kitchen? Made your own fireworks? Fired a bacon rocket through your window?
We love home science experiments - tell us about your best, preferably with instructions.

Extra points for lost eyebrows / nasal hair / limbs

(, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 17:25)
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When I was 14 I built a 10 foot wind turbine out of a drainpipe and some bits from an old VCR.
In strong winds it generated enough power to dimly light a small green LED
(, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 1:00, 4 replies)
If this really happened
You are King Of The Geeks.
(, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:14, closed)
More torque
higher torque, more juice!

I did a similar thing with a stepper motor from an old scanner.
(, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 11:30, closed)
??
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8257153.stm
(, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 12:52, closed)
Well, that's the energy crisis averted then

(, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:36, closed)

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