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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
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NEWS
[16/03/13]
Introducing
the SwatchMate...
a portable paint colour sampler. Simply click,
scan and match! A start-up project I have
been working on... Here's a snapshot!
Click
here for
more info about our target markets. More detail
about the actual device 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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Thanks
to...... |
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