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Turn home wastes like food scraps into sustainable electricity production. Using Anaerobic Nitrifying bacteria, Photoplankton and the sun!
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Phytoplankton Power ! - Hybrid Microbial Fuel Cell

josh-starnesJosh Starnes

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Small, Ergonomic, Portable and better than any other travel mouse
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SmoothMove - A New Human Computer Interface

chrisChris

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Super-small BQ25504-based device charges a LiPo battery at ~7 mA using an inexpensive solar cell in direct sunlight
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Ultra-Low Power LiPo Charger via Energy Harvesting

kris-winerKris Winer

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Zn-Cu stomach acid based bio-galvanic cell powers a hacked activity tracker small enough to swallow and reconfigured as a 'smart pill'.
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Stomach Acid Powered Smart Pill

curt-whiteCurt White

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To harvest electrical energy from farm or field by microbial fuel cell (MFC) together with agricultural area.
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Microbial Fuel Cell Farm

ohmohmohmohm

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A low cost ESP32 core board with Ethernet and PoE for convenient "single cable" deployments
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wESP32: Wired ESP32 with Ethernet and PoE

patrick-van-oosterwijckPatrick Van Oosterwijck

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Experimental PCB single layer transformer - proof of concept
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PCB coil joule thief

bobriciusbobricius

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This Buoy, with peltier modules attached, will use the Seebeck Effect to generate electricity using the ocean and the sun.
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SEBS (Seebeck Effect Buoy System)

kedricKedric

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E.M.P. drive – Electro Mechanical Propulsion drive.
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RC Solar Boat With E.M.P. Drive.

alain-mauerAlain Mauer

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Actuators that use a hydraulic medium to transfer material phase displacement as a thermally reactive mechanical force
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Fluid Displacement Thermal Actuators

andrew-bensonAndrew Benson

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Controlling a small servo motor wirelessly using Arduino 1Sheeld board and a smartphone
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Arduino Joystick Servo Control using 1Sheeld

amrmostaafaaamr.mostaafaa

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Open build , Solar Charged , robotic or RC lawn mower with interchangeable attachments for leaves , trash , edging , weed eating and more.
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Lawn Dog Robotic Lawn mower

josh-starnesJosh Starnes

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A small wind energy harvesting system for charging batteries to power your projects when solar is not an option
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DIY Savonious Wind Turbine

gregGreg

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A clock, capable of running 100 years or more.
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Clock for a century

jan-waclawekJan Waclawek

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Kite Power for your adventures
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Portable Kite Turbines

roddy-rags-readRoddy "Rags" Read

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Energy harvesting alternative for bikes including data logging, smart lighting system and power distribution board for power banks
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imPulse

javier-betancorJavier Betancor

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The Vampire Charger takes in any AC or DC voltage that may be findable in an emergency situation and delivers it safely to your USB device.
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Vampire Charger

aaron-swartz-dayAaron Swartz Day

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single stage to orbit home built space plane multi configurable morphing wing lifting body autonomous robotic or manned
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single stage to orbit robotic space plane

starlordstarlord

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A robot unleashed to roam and collect vital data about our environment. For this phase of the competition I am including Enocean sensors.
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The Collector

brenda-armourBrenda Armour

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m-BITBEAM is a 3D printed construction set based on the Bitbeam concept including some additional parts like wheels, holders, boxes, etc.
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m-BITBEAM construction set

matous-pokornyMatous Pokorny

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Solar lantern with a joule thief and an astable multivibrator specially designed for kids to learn soldering :)
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Solar Lantern Soldering Kit

nitesh-kadyanNitesh Kadyan

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super small and durable power supply for wireless nodes
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Ultra low power energy harvester from BPW34

bobriciusbobricius

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A device, for RF-energy harvesting, particularly when sticked to microwave-oven window
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mWessenger

juristJurist

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Open-Source companion robot for teaching and playing
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Rhoby.The Social Robot.

ilyas-akhmetzyanovIlyas Akhmetzyanov

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