| I have always loved building things and I have a real | | | | turbine. It looks like something straight out of a high |
| love for the sciences so when I read recently about a | | | | school science project but it really has a solid practical |
| device called a magnet generator that can, apparently, | | | | application. |
| provide a stream of free electricity, I decided to try | | | | You see, a magnet generator is not only silent, has no |
| building one. | | | | emissions so its very green but, because it doesn't |
| To be honest I wasn't really expecting much but I have | | | | need the sun, or wind to power it, this device can run |
| to say, I was very impressed with the end result. DIY is | | | | indoors as well as outdoors, in all weathers and even |
| not my strong point but I am happy to say that there | | | | at night. The prototype generator that I built was |
| are several excellent guides to building your own | | | | enough to run a couple of light bulbs and a fan quite |
| magnet generator available from the internet, so I | | | | easily, but I know that by scaling the project up its quite |
| grabbed one and set to work. | | | | possible to produce enough power to satisfy about |
| The end result, after a bit of sweat and tears (no | | | | 50% of the average household's needs. Think about |
| blood thankfully) was, to my amazement, a fully | | | | this another way - with just 2 of these machines - |
| functioning alternative energy generator. This amazing | | | | that's an investment of less than $500 you could be |
| device is powered entirely by magnets - hence the | | | | powering your entire house for the next ten years or |
| name. In the same way that a wind turbine uses the | | | | more with free electricity. |
| force of the wind to turn its blades, so a magnet | | | | Now that's what I call more than just a science project |
| generator uses the invisible forces exerted by | | | | - thats a really serious money saving device. |
| magnets to turn a flywheel that, in turn, drives a small | | | | |