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Consumer Electronics
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Capture colour at the click of a button. A novel optical tool to help you design and renovate.
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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.
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Tesla coils are arguably the most famous high voltage generation devices.
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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.
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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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