Supercapacitor contest!

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Supercapacitor contest!

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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.

30 thoughts on “Supercapacitor contest!

  1. cheesy says:

    Mini rail gun!

  2. canonis says:

    Christmas Tree Ornaments!

  3. wolverine741776 says:

    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

  4. ej00807 says:

    I’ve always wanted battery free remotes. How about induction coil wireless charger and aerogel caps as battery substitutes.

  5. ej00807 says:

    I’ve always wanted battery free remotes. How about induction coil wireless charger and aerogel caps as battery substitutes.

  6. ej00807 says:

    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.

  7. msiegel says:

    automatic door opener with regenerative braking!

  8. msiegel says:

    Rechargeable hand-warming Mittens!

  9. msiegel says:

    Electromagnet boosted high-jump shoes!

  10. msiegel says:

    Solar-charged camping Bug Zapper!

  11. msiegel says:

    SOS radio beacons!

  12. K27 says:

    Mini spot welder.

  13. Elwood411 says:

    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.

  14. Ian12 says:

    Acceleration help for electric car
    Lethal blowgun ammo
    Backup power for satellite
    Homemade UPS

  15. Steven lougheed says:

    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.

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