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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
This may just be me having a brain fart but I was laying in bed last night listening to my phone doing a death knell bing bong that tells me I need to charge it and it got me to thinking about how to recharge things in a more environmentally friendly way.
That led me on to thinking about solar power, wind power and then dynamos. It struck me that when we spin things we exert a lot of energy. Could we in some way harness that energy to recharge stuff? You get lights on bikes that are run on pedal power, how about charging batteries whilst you play with a staff or poi? I used to have a self winding watch that used the movement of your arm to rewind the spring. There are wind up clocks, why not self winding glow toys? Could that not work in hoops, poi, staff......?
Probably a crazy idea, but you know what it's like when your head refuses to turn off and let you sleep. It comes up with all kinds of silly stuff. Well mine does.
This may just be me having a brain fart but I was laying in bed last night listening to my phone doing a death knell bing bong that tells me I need to charge it and it got me to thinking about how to recharge things in a more environmentally friendly way.
That led me on to thinking about solar power, wind power and then dynamos. It struck me that when we spin things we exert a lot of energy. Could we in some way harness that energy to recharge stuff? You get lights on bikes that are run on pedal power, how about charging batteries whilst you play with a staff or poi? I used to have a self winding watch that used the movement of your arm to rewind the spring. There are wind up clocks, why not self winding glow toys? Could that not work in hoops, poi, staff......?
Probably a crazy idea, but you know what it's like when your head refuses to turn off and let you sleep. It comes up with all kinds of silly stuff. Well mine does.
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What a Bummer
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Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
soooo many good ideas! and yet, I'm a Biochemist, not a physacist! *shouts for anyone who does physics*...
soooo many good ideas! and yet, I'm a Biochemist, not a physacist! *shouts for anyone who does physics*...
Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Posted:
Physicist.**
One possibly idea, although this wouldn't generate much power, would be to insert smallish (~5mm diam) holes into the sides of poi, which are over a small windmilll, allowing air to move through the poi during spinning, turning the windmill. Tiny dynamos.
That's stupid, huh?
Physicist.**
One possibly idea, although this wouldn't generate much power, would be to insert smallish (~5mm diam) holes into the sides of poi, which are over a small windmilll, allowing air to move through the poi during spinning, turning the windmill. Tiny dynamos.
That's stupid, huh?
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Posted:
didn't we have this idea down in clapham?
magnets for one.
better, dynamos at the handles, so the circle of the poi makes the dynamo turn, which has wires running up to the poi head, which charges the batteries / leds / mp3s etc.
didn't we have this idea down in clapham?
magnets for one.
better, dynamos at the handles, so the circle of the poi makes the dynamo turn, which has wires running up to the poi head, which charges the batteries / leds / mp3s etc.
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Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
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Location: Angels Landing, USA
Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
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Location: Angels Landing, USA
Posted:
Powerful spinning?
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Powerful spinning?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Posted:
lol @ the anti-gravity device
lol @ the anti-gravity device
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Location: nevada
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Location: nevada
Posted:
lol that is great
lol that is great
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ide buy into that, it would at least make the batterys last longer wouldnt it?
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didn't we have this idea down in clapham?
magnets for one.
better, dynamos at the handles, so the circle of the poi makes the dynamo turn, which has wires running up to the poi head, which charges the batteries / leds / mp3s etc.
Ide buy into that, it would at least make the batterys last longer wouldnt it?
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
Hmmm...well, the way i spin i wouldn't actually get the dynamo to spin/charge because i don't spin the poi whilst holding my hand statically so the poi would 'spin' the dyno...my hands flow with the poi more so it's more my wrists acting as the pivot rather than the poi handle and the rest of the poi...
nice idea though!
Hmmm...well, the way i spin i wouldn't actually get the dynamo to spin/charge because i don't spin the poi whilst holding my hand statically so the poi would 'spin' the dyno...my hands flow with the poi more so it's more my wrists acting as the pivot rather than the poi handle and the rest of the poi...
nice idea though!
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Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Kael *rings rspca..*
Kael
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the floor is a sea of tigers...
404 posts
the floor is a sea of tigers...
404 posts
Posted:
actually, it might be possible to use flywheels within the poi to convert & store some of the energy from spinning. though a problem with that i can think of is that the flywheels would produce some sort of gyroscopic effect that would have the potential to mess with the poi spinning...
actually, it might be possible to use flywheels within the poi to convert & store some of the energy from spinning. though a problem with that i can think of is that the flywheels would produce some sort of gyroscopic effect that would have the potential to mess with the poi spinning...
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Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Posted:
mess with, or make more interesting? (like weighted handles)
mess with, or make more interesting? (like weighted handles)
"the now legendary" - Kaskade
"the still legendary" - Kaskade
I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.
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the floor is a sea of tigers...
404 posts
the floor is a sea of tigers...
404 posts
Posted:
dunno. howabout someone put gyroscopes at the end of their poi and try it out
i dropped out of engineering
dunno. howabout someone put gyroscopes at the end of their poi and try it out
i dropped out of engineering
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