Welcome to Paul Peng [aka Penguin]'s world.
A showcase/documentary of...
~Penguin's projects/experiments~
High
Voltage |
NEWS (red- project news, black- other news) [26/02/09] Few updates to make... - I devised a new camera system for the Dept. of Natural Resouces to capture imagery of flash flooding - its called the FTACS. - Based on the circuitry for the FTACS, a time lapse camera system was constructed recently. Some nice videos have been compiled. Check them out! - The waste oil furnace has been constructed, however the burner is not firing reliably as of yet. Details to come soon... [24/12/08] Construction of a new waste vegetable oil furnace will be underway very shortly... keep watching for details. [21/7/08] More greensand castings from the furnace [21/7/08] Some awesome greensand castings have been made using the furnace, and brand new homemade flasks. [11/7/08] Greensand moulds and castings are now in the making for the furnace, after the acquisition of some bentonite clay! [30/6/08] Some improvements have been made to the furnace, and a few castings have been produced! [25/6/08] The construction of the furnace is complete! A small fire was lit to test it out.
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Lightning simulation
is carried out by the Penguin's Lab Marx Generator... |
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Ignition coils- The cheap man's
source of high voltage fun! |
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Tesla coils are the most well
known high voltage generating device in the world. |
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Pulse
Energy |
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High energy discharge experiments
mean lots of noise, sparks, and awesome photos! |
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The coilgun was developed mid
2005, and its projectiles reached speeds of over 100km/h. |
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Optics/Vision |
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3D images that are so lifelike
that they can be mistaken to be real... a showcase of Penguin's holograms. |
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Experiments concerning semiconductor
lasers, and also the "Darwin laser lightshow"! |
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Night vision has been around
for a long time, but still not everyone has a pair of goggles... |
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Fibre optics technology...the telephone line? Nah, fibre optic cameras and lamps are better! | ||
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Low voltage fluorescent tube
drivers are the dream of campers and hikers everywhere. |
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Explore the world of new age
lighting |
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RF/Radio/Audio |
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Shattering glass with mere sound?
Explore the world of resonance. |
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A fun little gadget that you
use when the bus driver turns on the radio to the channel you don't
like... |
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General
Electronics/Physics |
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Red hot iron bolts with no flame?
Introducing induction heating... |
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Melting scrap aluminium into something a tad more useful... and a lot of firey heat in the process! | ||
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A trebuchet with microwave oven
transformers as a counterweight! |
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Launched early 2006, this camera
carrying balloon floated above Darwin. |
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2500 matches to waste, and the
beauty of flammable liquids. |
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Peltier devices are the portable,
semiconductor solution to refrigeration. |
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Special FX Photography (UPDATED) |
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Penguin dabbles in a variety
of special effects photography including high
speed, time lapse (NEW),
water splash,
stroboscopic
and infrared
photography. |
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The Flood Triggered Automated Camera System (FTACS) is designed to capture imagery of intense flash flooding. | ||
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How the hell do those trains
work? Playing with magnetic levitation devices... |
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Chemistry |
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Nick's distillation thing is
finally up and running, with pictures to come... |
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Other
Projects/Stuff |
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My 200W subwoofer developed
at the start of my MP3 downloading days. Hahaha... |
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Latest headlines stream live
onto this computer controlled LCD panel. |
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All about Penguin's Lab! |
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Questions? Comments? Complaints? |
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An archive of some random stuff |
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Thanks to...... |
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Mr Penguin last updated the site... Wednesday 13 January, 2010 |
© Penguin's Lab 2007
Disclaimer: Most of the projects listed on Penguin's Lab do not carry a schematic, and for a good reason. You see, if you build one of these things and you kill yourself, well that's your fault isn't it?
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