Electricity from “Whatever”.

Dubbed the Whatever Input to Torsion Transfer (WITT) transmission, the recently patented device harvests six degrees of movement and transfers the motion to a flywheel that always spins in the same direction. The flywheel drives the turbine of a generator. From Engineering.com

The diagram and video are mesmerizing.  Also this could be big.  It reminds me of the rotational batteries NASA developed.  Alternative energy production and storage technologies really get the creative juices flowing.

 

 

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Hide from Big Brother

Surely you can mod one of these in a jiffy.

From Wired.com smartphone blackout pockets.

Rube Goldberg Machines

For those of us who love good, clean, complicated fun: From Popular Mechanics – 7 Unbelievable Rube Goldberg Machines we Love.

They’re not all new but I love the Honda “Cog” video