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26th April 2011

Wireless Power Demo Circuit

Circuit diagram of the wireless power TX used in the video demonstration.

Parent article: Wireless Power Experiments.

29 comments.

26th December 2010

Wireless Power Experiments

Experiments in wireless power transfer for a practical application, lead to some interesting side-bar observations on plasma physics, and the cutest little Tesla coil you've ever seen.

Contains 1 sub-article.

15 comments.

24th May 2009

Soft X-ray Output from a Vacuum Rectifier

Abuse of an old 2X2 vacuum tube with a HT power supply to create a soft x-ray source.

5 comments.

18th April 2009

Ionisation Chamber Radiation Detector

A quick hack based on Charles Wenzel's nuclear war detector.

5 comments.

20th August 2008

Antenna Experiments are Great Teaching Aids

Some recent erudition from experiments on the 30 metre antennas.

4th July 2008

Measuring Your Hair Diameter

How to quickly measure the diameter of human hair...

15th February 2005

Flame Test Loop

How to make your own flame test tool.

2 comments.

16th November 2002

Simple Electrometer

An ultra-simple, very sensitive electrometer.

10th November 2002

Bill Meara N2CQR writes

My first meeting with Bill of SolderSmoke fame.

Parent article: Trivial Electric Motor.

27th October 2002

Van de Graaff Generator

My small, and quite ugly, prototype built using house hold materials.

4 comments.

17th October 2002

Trivial Electric Motor

A simple demonstration DC motor you can build in 10 minutes with your children.

Contains 1 sub-article.

2 comments.