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What the hell is a luminiferous theremin ?

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Published: August 2, 2024 14:35

The Theremin The Theremin was created by Leon Theremin (Lev Sergeyevich Termen) around October 1920 after noticing that a high frequency oscillators would change their frequency when a hand (or other object) was brought close to them. He added a circuit to…

FUZIX on the RC2040 board

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Published: February 13, 2023 12:46

The pico support also decrees the SPI port that the software uses, and of course this is the incorrect one for the RC2040, but that is easy to sort. I have compiled FUZIX for the RC2040 here https://extkits.co.uk/files/FuZIX/FuZIX.zip this is current to…

Retro DVD/CD rewinder

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Published: March 31, 2022 22:14

You know that pain, you want to watch your favourite DVD or CD and find that the last person to use it has put it back in the case without rewinding it. Of course you can put it into your drive and rewind it to the beginning that way, but wouldn’t it be…

What is a solenoid engine

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Published: December 11, 2021 22:28

A solenoid engine is a simplified version of a piston engine where steam or petrol is replaced by electricity and the pistons replaced with solenoids. Solenoids are a simple electrical device composing of three parts. An electromagnetic coil, an armature…

Why Solenoids are a ridiculous choice for an engine

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Published: November 11, 2021 20:23

Solenoid engines are not efficient there are a number of reasons for this, but it isn’t the fault of using electromagnetic repulsion/attraction. Electronic/Electric Motors can be made with high efficiencies, but they all convert electrical energy to a…

Solenoid Engine Single V2 – a complete rebuild.

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Published: February 3, 2018 00:28

After over a year of selling single solenoid engines we have learnt a lot. Some things from our own development and some from customer comments, so it was time for a complete rebuild of the Solenoid Engine Single. One thing we definitely didn’t like was…

Van De Graaff’s Birthday

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Published: December 13, 2017 17:16

20th December 2017 Is Robert Van De Graaff’s Birthday. Robert Van De Graaff was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama  on the 20th December 1901. Robert received his B.S. and master’s degrees from The University of Alabama and gained a second degree  during 1926 at…

Van de Graaff lite – Instructions

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Published: October 26, 2017 20:44

Your Van de Graaff lite is a working, tiny static electricity generator. First remove the white plastic backing (if there is any) and make sure your Van de Graaff lite is clean and dry. Holding the ExtremeKits end rub the VDG lite a few times with a clean…

Solenoid Engine Twin Horizontal – More Power

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Published: May 12, 2017 22:02

After the success of the horizontal solenoid engine I was repeatedly asked when I would be producing a Solenoid Engine twin. So here it is Solenoid Engine Twin Horizontal The Twin is a horizontal engine as this allowed us to easily fit in the extra…