Windell writes – “I’ve got a hundred supercapacitors and I haven’t decided what to make out of them yet. So, I’m holding a little contest: Come up with a cool supercapacitor project and you could get ten of these little beauties.” – Link.
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Mini rail gun!
Christmas Tree Ornaments!
in my engineering class this year we made a backup lighting system in case of power failure using capacitors. Granted, we were limited to .8 farads, so we couldn’t power nearly that much, but going by what I see there it looks like you could power some LED’s for quite a while
I’ve always wanted battery free remotes. How about induction coil wireless charger and aerogel caps as battery substitutes.
I’ve always wanted battery free remotes. How about induction coil wireless charger and aerogel caps as battery substitutes.
How about flipping them on ebay for $20 a piece as some high tech lifetime universal cmos battery replacement kit?
Just draw off the hd power rail for contiuous recharge.
automatic door opener with regenerative braking!
Rechargeable hand-warming Mittens!
Electromagnet boosted high-jump shoes!
Solar-charged camping Bug Zapper!
SOS radio beacons!
Mini spot welder.
I think an army of BEAM robots is in order! Light-tracking ‘photopoppers’ … turn on the lights and the tiny bot army comes to life seeking the brightest light. Just goto http://www.solarbotics.com for the rest of the gear.
Acceleration help for electric car
Lethal blowgun ammo
Backup power for satellite
Homemade UPS
a solar powered, sling back(right term?) charger/power storage using said supercapacitors. have the sling backed electricity run through a usable/working bug zapper designed to take the load, and slowly feed the capacitors at a safe rate. that way you can have a bug killing, electricity making, energy machine. could charge batteries with it if im thinking about it right too. make it portable, so a person could transport it to where ever bugs need a genocide, and voila. awesome use of super capacitor.