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High
Voltage
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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. Ignition
coil kits are available! |
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Tesla coils are
arguably the most famous high voltage generation devices. |
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NEWS
[14/02/12]
Happy
Valentines Day from Penguin's Lab. If someone
has built a robot soulmate, please share!
On
a slightly more serious note, we are getting
ready to showcase some nifty electronics in
a device known as SwatchMate
- a Penguin's Lab project in collaboration
with Rockbag and DJ. Keep watching!
Also
in exciting news... details of the used vegetable
oil furnace are up (see picture)! Find them
under the new furnace page here.
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[16/05/11]
Wow.
It's been a long time. But finally I have
brought myself to publish the FTACS results!
Results were extracted 7 months after the
installation of the unit. |
[13/09/10]
More
work is underway into improving the current
ignition coil setup. Pictures up soon! Kits
are selling fast, and there are only limited
supplies left!
Steady
progress is also being made on improving the
layout of the site generally. |
[27/05/10]
Welcome
to the new, improved Penguin's Lab
as of 2010! With the layout and styles changed,
we hope to begin work into revamping all existing
pages to improve readability and add more
pictures where possible. There is also an
exciting new addition - the Penguin's
Lab Store,
where you can source some high quality kits
and other stuff! |
[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... |
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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
/ Special FX photography
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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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Freezing action as it happens. Introducing
the Penguin's Lab high speed sound-activated flash unit, and
high speed photography achievable with nothing special. |
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Accelerating action as it happens.
An automated camera system for seeing grass grow and flowers
wilt. |
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Framing action as it happens. A simple
strobe and camera setup which breaks the action down into
'Charlie Chaplin' frames. |
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The ability to see right through dark
glasses and turn summer into winter. Explore the world through
infrared light! |
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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 from sodium vapour 'streetlight' bulbs
to the humble but revolutionary LED. |
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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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Peltier devices
are the portable, semiconductor solution to refrigeration. |
| FTACS
(1,2,3,4,5,6) |
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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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My 200W subwoofer
developed at the start of my MP3 downloading days. Hahaha...
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Chemistry
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Nick's
distillation thing is finally up and running (well, that
was '05...) |
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Other
Stuff
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Kits, components, and everything
else that matters!
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All about Penguin's Lab! Who, what,
where?
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Want to share your advert on Penguin's
Lab?
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Questions? Comments?
Complaints? |
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An interesting archive
of some random stuff |
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