High voltage "Air threads"

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http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airthred.html Invisible filaments of high voltage "electric wind" are seen to disturb a thin fog layer made with warm water and dry ice. Get the HV power supply from http://amasci.com/emotor/negion.html

Simple generator

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Tags: amasci  coil  electricity  experiment  experiments  fair  generator  magnet  magnets  physics  science  tutorial 

http://amasci.com/coilgen/ Build this ultra-simple AC electric generator from magnets, wire, and cardboard. (And a big nail!) Light a small lightbulb, or flash a red LED.This demonstrates how generators work. Now if you want a more useful device, use a small DC motor as a generator, since it...

Dangerous High-speed Magnetic Levitation

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See http://amasci.com/maglev/magroll.html EM repulsion lifts a neodymium magnet above two spinning copper pipes. Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOaBnJpIRzM I bought my supermagnets from Mr. George "magnetman," also from wondermagnet.com. The pipes are thick-wall schedule-80 copper...

hand-drawn holograms

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see http://amasci.com/holo/ Scratch-holograms can be made on CD cases using a couple of thumbtacks poked through a stick. Or get fancy and use a professional compass and black painted polycarbonate. Or automate the process with a paperclip stuck into a motorized electric eraser.

Zero-cost Steadicam!

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Tags: amasci  cam  camera  cameraman  steadicam  steady  steadycam  video 

Build a crude and simple 'steadicam' with no equipment at all. You just need the concept: a camera with a counterweight. Then simply grasp it at the balance point. (No, it's not QUITE as good as an expensive professional version. Heh.) Also: turn the tripod's pan handle sideways and grab it...

PT 3: Arrays of supermagnets: Bar magnet and compass

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The field is zero around a blob of small neodymium magnets ...unless you align them first! Color CRTs get distorted! Make some rotating compasses from rings of magnet beads. (Sell them at weekend flea markets!) These are 8mm and nickel plated. For various suppliers links, see bottom of...

PT 2: neodymium supermagnets, beads: amoebas

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Tags: amasci  biology  chemistry  magnets  nanotech  nanotechnology  neo  neodymium  physics  science  supermagnet  supermagnets 

Bought online from various suppliers. Small neo supermagnet spheres are COOL, especially if you have over fifty of 'em. See links to suppliers at bottom of http://amasci.com/spheres/I got these 8mm nickel-plate spheres from Mr. George, $0.35 each, http://supermagnetman.net/ Chrome plate or...

The DISGUSTOSCOPE

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Amazingly repulsive, yet 3 simple mirrors just create symmetrical optical geometry. A shining jewel ...made of hairy damp pulsing FLESH. More construction details at http://amasci.com/amateur/dscope.html

How to cross one eye, or speak with an Echo.o.o.o.

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From http://amasci.com/brain/ website: Childhood Brain Modification. Instructions on valuable skills: how to cross just one eye, and how to speak with an echo.

IDEAS ^ 2: ideas about idea-having

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Various ideas... about ways to have ideas. Some concepts for increasing your concept-generating abilities. Get creative about having creativity. Also see CHILDHOOD BRAIN MODIFICATION http://amasci.com/brain/ Also take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY , school kills our...

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