Hamster powered phone charger

[DQuaN]

Linky....

A boy has hooked up his Hamsters wheel to power his phone charger.

He only got a C for the project and a D overall. He obviously didn't do his write up very well!

 

[donbenni]

Only a C?! The kid is clearly a genius.

 

[Joey D]

Maybe the teacher thought it was animal abuse.

 

[G.T]

Wow! Brilliant idea! I'm quite shocked he got that grade though.

 

[Purple Platypus]

Well, a D overall in the class kinda gives you an idea of how he was doing in the rest of the class, and probably how he did on the actual report half of the experiment. That C probably pulled his grade out of worse problems.

 

[cardude2004]

Only a C? That is a great invention!

 

[DQuaN]

And with 2mins exercise on the wheel for the hamster, he gets 30mins talk time.

That is quite efficient.

 

[cardude2004]

It is quite efficient. This is blown out of proportion, but everybody talks on a cell phone nowdays (excluding myself), a lot of people could benefit from something similar, minus the hamster.

 

[Touring Mars]

Elvis lives...

Theoretically, you could buy thousands of hamsters and house them in the garden shed and power your whole house - however, the savings you'd make on your electricity bill may be somewhat lessened by hamster food bills... also, I wouldn't fancy having to clear up after them just for the sake of cheaper electricity bills

 

[xcsti]

Elvis lives...

Theoretically, you could buy thousands of hamsters and house them in the garden shed and power your whole house - however, the savings you'd make on your electricity bill may be somewhat lessened by hamster food bills... also, I wouldn't fancy having to clear up after them just for the sake of cheaper electricity bills

True, but for a family that has a couple children and already have a hamster or two it wouldn't be that bad an idea to try (not the full blown shed full of hamsters, just the couple for cell phones).

 

[Omnis]

LOL! What a noob! How do you make news and get a C and D... I'm suprised ananova included that. Way to kill the story.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Very cool invention - I think this kid could go far if he's dedicated.

Only a C?! The kid is clearly a genius.

Yes. This proves he is a genius - he's obviously dedicated to one thing (building the invention) while ignoring everything else (doing the course work). Or you could be a complete who somehow fluked a cool invention that his dad built for him?...

Anyway, didn't all the cool geniuses(?)/artists/musicians etc. fail school?

 

[Sharky.]

ferrari, what would a C be here? An Achieved?

(We have Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit and Excellence (the best) for those non-Kiwis here)

 

[Jondot]

Only a C?! The kid is clearly a genius.

I know that, and you know that, but the way that GCSE science is marked is ridiculous.

Hehe, nice little invention

 

[ferrari_chris]

ferrari, what would a C be here? An Achieved?

(We have Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit and Excellence (the best) for those non-Kiwis here)

Achieved I'd say.

You wouldn't call a C Merit, and Not Achieved might be a little to harsh, so just Achieved.

Like the rest of the country though, I don't understand this NCEA thing. Good ol' School C and Bursary for me.