Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - How to make the simplest electric motor: "
How to make the simplest electric motor"

You have one drywall screw, one 1.5 V alkaline cell, six inches of plain copper wire, one small neodymium disk magnet, and no other tools or supplies. You have 30 seconds to make an electric motor running in excess of ten thousand RPM. Can you do it?