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Bottle lights from plastic bottles

September 21, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - Leave a Comment

A Liter of Light (Isang Litrong Liwanag) is an incredible project which aims to bring eco-friendly and cheap bottle lights -also called solar bottle bulbs- to disprivileged communities and millions …

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Solar powered fuel cell toy car

April 18, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - 1 Comment

Once upon a time I had a RC car with a 3.5cc nitro engine. Lots of smoke and noise. I loved the thing, until it crashed into a sidewalk with …

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DIY & education

DIY Stirling engine from a tuna can

April 6, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - 6 Comments.

I am currently working on my third engine, after my 1st and 2nd attempts failed miserably… I thought my third engine would run. I thought wrong. It was airtight, it …

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DIY & education

Stirling engine homemade hot air diy, attempt #2

March 23, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - 2 Comments.

OK, two days after my first attempt of building a homemade stirling engine, I somehow cooled off and tried again. I fished the 250 ml. soda can I threw in …

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DIY Stirling engine out of a soda can, can I make one?

March 21, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - Leave a Comment

Homemade Stirling engine, attempt #1 Building a DIY stirling engine was high on my list for quite some time, because it seems a cool idea to have an tin can …

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Sol Cinema: World’s smallest solar cinema!

March 16, 2011December 26, 2017 - by John H. - Leave a Comment

Now here is one of my solar favorites. Sol Cinema: an 1972 caravan recycled into a fully working solar-powered cinema! Complete with usherettes. Originally, this small cinema is a arts …

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The world on Solar power!

Energy is all around us and is just waiting to be used. Whether it’s light from the sun, burning candles or even a cup of hot tea, there’s power out there! Why don’t we turn this into useful power?

And wouldn’t that be great? To only use the sun as source of energy! Or waste heat from household appliances. Since the sun will be around for a while, I guess it’s better to take advantage of it while it last 😉

On this site you’ll find many stuff, gadgets, toys and DIY things which work on solar power and other heat sources. Take a look around and tell me what you think!

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