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The ‘Wiggler’ - This Lego Gadget Shouldn't Exist 

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Does this Lego gadget even deserve to exist? You be the judge.
I've made a lot of weird and wacky generators in my time. Some are big and produce a lot of power, while others are more of a toy, barely creating enough energy to light up some small flashing lights. And some of them exist purely because they’re fun and satisfying to play with.
In this video, we’ll explore one of my experiments in building a very compact generator. There’s an almost ASMR quality to both the sound and the feel of it. The way it bounces around, clicking and clacking while it generates power has me fidgeting with it many days during my meetings. It’s been a permanent fixture on my desk since I first made it.
If you want to build your own, it’s a simple construction using Lego, some wire, and a few magnets, which you can easily find on Amazon or AliExpress. So why not DIY your own mini hand-held generator?
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0:00 Intro
0:35 The Build
2:20 What Does it Do?

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@chrisbrooks6697
@chrisbrooks6697 Год назад
It could be a vibration warning device... When it vibrates enough to charge the capacitor and turn the led on, you know your machinery or engine or whatever is at it's limit for vibration.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Damn that's a great idea, thanks! Gonna have to play with this one
@chrisbrooks6697
@chrisbrooks6697 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams Thanks! Can't wait to see the video when you figure it out!
@antonliakhovitch8306
@antonliakhovitch8306 Год назад
I'm rusty with physics, but my intuition tells me that this thing is going to respond significantly more to vibration at its resonant frequency. That's actually kinda neat and you could use that on purpose for... idk, something. Otherwise, I think you could remove the rubber bands entirely and have the thing move back and forth on rails. That should remove the bandpass filter effect (I think)
@Rouverius
@Rouverius Год назад
Yeah, like for an unbalanced washing machine.
@DoctorNemmo
@DoctorNemmo Год назад
It's a seismograph. I live in Chile so I should know
@my1lastword
@my1lastword Год назад
You have a linear motion transducer. You’ve essentially made a speaker. Try hooking the wires to an AC source at 3-5v nominal and you should get cool motion and depending on the frequency of the AC maybe even some sound!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Ha yeah, pretty much 😄 I might actually try making a large woofer using a similar method that you suggest here
@iionite
@iionite Год назад
i think the magnets are too big and heavy for those coils, he should use either smaller magnets or much larger coils to make it able to vibrate at a few KHz
@JesseBrohinsky
@JesseBrohinsky Год назад
Conversely, you might be able to use it as a microphone.
@dylsdrumz7081
@dylsdrumz7081 Год назад
It serves a purpose that purpose is entertaining people and making views
@MrKyltpzyxm
@MrKyltpzyxm Год назад
​@@dylsdrumz7081There truly is no higher purpose for a human being than to amuse me, specifically. That is why I dedicate so much of my own time to this noble cause. 😁
@mbcommandnerd
@mbcommandnerd Год назад
That would actually make a half-decent earthquake detector, as earthquakes should wiggle it enough to generate a voltage, and the more it wiggles, the stronger the voltage gets! So you’ve essentially created a tiny seismograph here!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Very true! A few folks have suggested it measuring earthquakes.. I suspect by the time an earthquake is wiggling it enough for it to register a visible output, you'll be very aware of that earthquake though 😄
@mbcommandnerd
@mbcommandnerd Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams I wonder if it could be made to detect smaller vibrations, so that it WOULD be an early warning system?
@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion
@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion Год назад
Earthquake sensors works exactly like this contraption! The only difference is that the magnets are attached to a small pendulum. Even a tiny movement can induce a very little current in the coil, that will be amplified by the electronic control circuit! Others sensors uses moving ferrite core inside the coil, but the overall principle it's the same: wiggling!
@jaloswaggons2182
@jaloswaggons2182 Год назад
​@@mbcommandnerdthose exist, they're called seismometers, and they have been around for centuries.
@surkey5055
@surkey5055 Год назад
@@jaloswaggons2182 Well, the mechanical ones have at least
@nobodynemoq
@nobodynemoq Год назад
You can buy similar mechanisms (of course much smaller) as warning lights for runners. You put it on your shirt and never worry about battery life 😎 Another idea is to pair it with a circuit including capacitator which would build up the charge and then relase it as a single signal - that would be just perfect to detect certain amount of vibrations (like steps, dents in the road etc)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's actually an interesting concept, thanks - I like the idea of accumulating the charge, and then discharging or indicating something when a threshold is reached
@legodudelol9a
@legodudelol9a Год назад
You could use the vibrations from driving to power it when it's on it's side. How much power you'd get would depend on the road conditions and the shoch absorbers, but it's still possible.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Hey that's a novel idea. Someone else mentioned using it as a dampener, but I like the idea of using it on larger things like roads where you could built it into the infrastructure.
@coffeegonewrong
@coffeegonewrong Год назад
I’ve seen something similar being used as a simple wind powered light. Hook the core to something that can shake it in the wind. Or, put it in the middle between two ribbons pulled tight and the wind will bounce it around nicely
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Totally! Those old school ribbon generators are fun. I've built one and it sort of works ... Great for low wind, but terrible efficiency when wind speed goes up. Might make a video if I can get it working better
@pauldeddens5349
@pauldeddens5349 Год назад
It reminds me of those emergency shake flashlights, that use a similar concept of a shaking electromagnet to charge batteries for the flashlight. More compact than a crank flashlight, and fun to use.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
True, I guess they're probably the most compact form of generator compared to a crank style
@gdutfulkbhh7537
@gdutfulkbhh7537 Год назад
I had one of those. I always left it in the car, oriented such that it ought to get a free charge from my accelerating and braking... but it never had anything in the capacitor when I needed it. That flashlight was made in China, though: cheap and nasty. With better magnets, a wiggler *might* scavenge some energy. It’s not "free" though, since you’re hauling the weight around in the car.
@memes4themasses365
@memes4themasses365 Год назад
Production quality is so high for such a small channel you deserve way more subscribers
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Ha thanks! I'm new to this, but glad folks get a kick out of these weird contraptions
@keirablack3051
@keirablack3051 Год назад
I suppose if you had a preexisting structure like a bridge which was built in a way that it developed sympathetic vibrations, and you had a big enough wiggler, you could capture (and thereby dampen) the vibrations and turn them into power instead. The Tacoma-Narrows bridge fell due to being shaken apart because of this issue. I think nowadays architects are aware of it and try to avoid it, but there might be some old buildings or something which could be in danger of falling like this I suppose.
@Trippmecha
@Trippmecha Год назад
Thats actually a really cool idea. Also, the Tacoma narrows bridge was a great engineering lesson from history.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Very true, and others have said, it'd be interesting to test a use case for it as a vibration dampener of sorts
@togtpwt
@togtpwt Год назад
I can't believe you only have 160 subs. With videos like this, you deserve thousands of subscribers. Keep up the good work, Jamie!
@e.th_an
@e.th_an Год назад
Fr this is crazy how do they not have a shit ton of popularity.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Big thanks, I really appreciate it! ❤️ Got loads of ideas in the pipeline ;)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Thanks man! Maybe that'll come with time :D
@togtpwt
@togtpwt Год назад
You are an amazing content creator Jamie, better than I could ever be. I hope you go on to get thousands of subs!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
@@togtpwt cheers man, it's a fun start anyway!
@raxxor18
@raxxor18 Год назад
This format is actually amazing to show what electric components do. Combining it with Lego makes it strangely inviting and familiar
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Thanks, glad it gives folks some ideas 😁
@fluteplayerify
@fluteplayerify Год назад
If you change the direction of wiggle (going across the coil instead of towards the coil), you could get a longer travel distance which I think would result in higher power output and less noise.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's actually a really good point.. I'm gonna have to test another variant like that. But in theory you could be right
@AdityalikeThe
@AdityalikeThe Год назад
Mount it on your bike and you have a device that generated electricity for simple tasks, like bike lamp, indicators or if a battery is added, then a phone charger on the go.
@boostaddict_
@boostaddict_ Год назад
Your video quality is top notch, I have no idea how your subscriber count is so low. This showed up in my recommended, I barely ever touch my Lego anymore other than when prototyping something but I subscribed anyways lol.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Much appreciated - I'm new to this, but just hope I can show folks how they can use their lego for useful (and useless) things!
@MIGHTYcbu
@MIGHTYcbu Год назад
All fidget toys are useful, and the fact that it gives light as a pay off is very satisfying
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I agree, satisfaction is reason enough
@fintux
@fintux Год назад
Finally a way to get electricity generated from a bumpy ride on the road. If you mount this to a bicycle, the worse the road gets, the more light you will get just when you need it!
@USA0312
@USA0312 Год назад
YT recommendations have been on a roll this week, found some super small but super underrated channels and I have fallen in love with yours! I can't believe you don't have tens of thousands of subs yet, because the quality is just perfect!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That means a lot to me, thanks for the kind words! Hopefully the quality will keep improving with time
@00JDH
@00JDH Год назад
Yeah same. So much high quality low subscriber channels lately.
@TheAussieRepairGuy
@TheAussieRepairGuy Год назад
Many engines vibrate heavily, especially the diesels in my military vehicles, these could be a good way to harvest and/or dampen unwanted vibrations. Shock absorbers in vehicles could be made more efficient/productive with a system like this. I've also worked in areas like 100 foot high observation towers that vibrate constantly with even low levels of wind.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Looks like the concept of integrating with suspension is popular. Although it's way less efficient than an alternator, I like the idea of a dual purpose acting also as a dampener. Funny you mention the vibrating towers - I've been playing with a ribbon generator that works at very low wind levels ;)
@TheAussieRepairGuy
@TheAussieRepairGuy Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams yeah nobody wants to replace an alternator. The suggestion is supplementary. Situations with high demand and dual piwer systems like an ambulance could conceivably benefit
@nachtelfirokese88
@nachtelfirokese88 Год назад
Well the only idea that came to me is, use it as an alternative to the regular dynamo bike light!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I think you're still onto something - it's much less efficient than a regular dynamo, but may still have a place when something has 'bumpy' movement
@nachtelfirokese88
@nachtelfirokese88 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams A single one of this model, is decently less efficient. But well-designed etc. it could be something that can work! And if we think a bit further, maybe in a better design deepening on the amp this can create, it could be usefull for our sporty ppl out there as a "self charging powerbank"! So yeah the design so far is maybe the problem but the idea is great!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
@@nachtelfirokese88 for sure, the design could be made much better and more efficient!
@yetidynamics
@yetidynamics Год назад
well these sort of generators , i've seen in compact flashlights that didn't require a battery, thou they had magnets slide inbetween a coil, you would shake the flashlight for a bit, and it would charge a capacitor, and run for a bit
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Yeah those were cool, I remember playing with one years ago. I suppose I could attach the rectifier and capacitors to this and make it a nicer shape - like a shake-weight. Pretty much a flashlight then!
@mikelastname
@mikelastname Год назад
with the right sized capacitor you could use it to indicate how long to shake a spray can before it is ready to paint. The PaintWiggler. For bonus points, I reckon you could build a version of a gravity wave detector called LEGO :)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's certainly a unique use case! Measuring waves or 'things that wave' also sounds pretty interesting
@icesagex4
@icesagex4 Год назад
A few years back Shakeable flashlights became popular on AS SEEN ON TV stuff. This is just a cooler version of that.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Those were so cool back in the day
@Minebuilder12
@Minebuilder12 Год назад
A design like this would be perfect to generate some electricity from walking. With each step you could get a bit of power and by the end of your walk you could probably have a couple capacitors full of power.
@TexusNoe365247
@TexusNoe365247 Год назад
I would love to see all of your other contraptions you have built. I major in Automation and Electrical Technologies. The stuff you build is fascinating.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
There's some real 'out there' stuff coming in a bit - probably nothing you haven't seen, but hope they're at least entertaining 😉
@cholsreammos
@cholsreammos Год назад
Id love to see the rest of your generators they look so cool!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Great, I'll cover some of the more weird and powerful ones soon!
@cholsreammos
@cholsreammos Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams sounds great im glad i found you, the weirder the better!
@PrzemyslawDrewnowski
@PrzemyslawDrewnowski Год назад
You could power an IOT device to monitor basically anything that has some kind of motor inside while dampening it's vibrations (kinetic dampener), a bigger version could get quite some energy out of a washing machine for example
@MarkxTube
@MarkxTube Год назад
You could hook the magnets up to a longer band that generates wiggle in winds. That way you get a useful but weak wind generator.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Ah yes like a ribbon generator - they work well in low winds. But inefficient in faster winds. They look cool though!
@Simple_But_Expensive
@Simple_But_Expensive 5 месяцев назад
Attach to a backpack to recharge batteries as you hike. Small, lightweight, and works in bad lighting conditions that would limit solar rechargers. Perfect for through hikers and expedition hikers.
@_AcatHat
@_AcatHat Год назад
Have it (or a bunch of them)wiggle charge a bunch of capacitors while you're driving down the road.Then use those capacitors however you like.A giant zap gun?
@kennettosborn8579
@kennettosborn8579 5 месяцев назад
Maybe if you put the magnets inside of a flashlight to power it up when it runs out of juice
@Scobragon
@Scobragon Год назад
That's a good device to tell you when there's earthquake, you just check the device and if the light is flashing, there's an earthquake and you need to evacuate.
@gkelly
@gkelly Год назад
How am I only now seeing your channel? Great videography and interesting Lego designs, love it.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Aw really appreciate it, thanks man!
@mikef5951
@mikef5951 Год назад
Had a flashlight you could charge by shaking it - it was made with that see through plastic so you could see the magnet inside. I forget how good it actually was... and also where it went
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Those were cool!
@pawlack
@pawlack Год назад
Attach it to people with parkinsons for a free electricity.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
😂
@AlphaLibre9
@AlphaLibre9 Год назад
Congrats, you made the internal mechanism of a shake weight and flashlight.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Sure did! Guess I should try make a real shake flashlight now
@jeffjacobs1671
@jeffjacobs1671 Год назад
useful applications include earthquake detection system, or hook up to the bed to be a love-meter of sorts when you have the gf over. Optical sensors can view the LED and can be fed into a data logger, to calculate things like frequency and stamina (um I mean duration)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Love o meter 😂 Nothing says a romantic evening like logging that stamina data
@fryncyaryorvjink2140
@fryncyaryorvjink2140 Год назад
This is the kind of tinkering with technic I like to see! Subscribed
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Aw thanks for joining!
@mustello8
@mustello8 Год назад
Make quite few of them, stick on the top laundry machine, wire them together and charge your phone while doing laundry 😊
@Rouverius
@Rouverius Год назад
Maybe connected to a needlessly overcomplicated LEGO clockwork escapement?
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
'Needlessly overcomplicated' is my middle name - that's a fantastic idea to draw it out. I've built an escapement before, so will give it a try. Cheers for the idea!
@ianbelletti6241
@ianbelletti6241 Год назад
This is a more complicated version of the shake charging mechanism in an emergency flashlight.
@BenKDesigns
@BenKDesigns Год назад
How to make it useful? Put it on a bike, or make it wearable. you have a motion-powered safety light while biking or jogging/walking.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
A nice small safety light is a good idea 👌
@blackgamingangel5913
@blackgamingangel5913 Год назад
you could use it for anything thats always in motion like an wristwatch or a bike for example
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
True that, I like the idea of it being integrated into bike shocks!
@freewave04
@freewave04 Год назад
Attach it to the leg of a nervous knee bouncer and get free energy
@hwal3086
@hwal3086 Год назад
Well compared to that banana it seems quite big to me, idk why you said its tiny
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Nah it's just a reeeeally small banana. I should have used another banana to show how small that one was
@hwal3086
@hwal3086 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams well the banana seems at least average to me hahaha
@NerdGlasses256
@NerdGlasses256 Год назад
It could withness the energy of vibration is some creations, but I'm not sure that this is a real game-changing idea.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I guess (as others have noted), similar to the idea of a seismograph
@andrewkrahn2629
@andrewkrahn2629 Год назад
a bigger, slower one could probably generate power from waves in water. A smaller but chonkier one could simultaneously dampen engine vibration and get a bit of energy back from it?
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Huh now that's a new idea I haven't heard yet... I quite like the idea of passively collecting and storing energy from things like water. Might have to give that a try
@alterego1101
@alterego1101 Год назад
You know, you could generate power with your washing machine!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
There's some really funny about spending like 2 kilowatts and extracting back like 0.01 watts 😂 But I like it
@xirensixseo
@xirensixseo Год назад
its like a basic accelerometer, with a little warming light
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
True!
@df3_legomocs
@df3_legomocs Год назад
Man you make some awesome videos for real extremely entertaining keep it up
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I'm glad you're liking them, big thanks!
@javierpaz7954
@javierpaz7954 Год назад
Some time ago I had a flashlight that was recharged with a generator based on this principle. You had to shake it to charge it. However it was a little different. The magnet had all the length of the flashlight to move (except a bit that was for the battery) and the coil was in the middle.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Probably makes sense to allow the magnets to travel all the way through - might give that a try sometime 👌
@yeetmcmeat
@yeetmcmeat Год назад
Having a handful of these on some heavy machinery or something similar could be a way to passively accumulate/restore power, even if its not extremely efficient something that vibrates alot could have uses with this.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Haha like a washing machine generator - consumes 2 kilowatts, but you can also power an LED at the same time! I actually liked another commenters idea of using it as a dampener for heavy machinery - then it can do 2 jobs at once
@sakurojason
@sakurojason Год назад
You can make a bass shaker out of it by playing music through the coils
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Hmm I guess similar to a regular speaker concept ... I like the idea of making a dedicated subwoofer though!
@iikpsyt4619
@iikpsyt4619 Год назад
Other people on the call: Ayo, what’s bro doing under the table?
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
👀
@cmdr_scotty
@cmdr_scotty Год назад
Oh man i really want to see more about those other generators you built!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I gotchoo - my apartment is filled with them, so will cover the more powerful ones soon 😁
@48eyegor84
@48eyegor84 Год назад
My immediate thought is that any machine that shakes a bed to put a bunch of pieces into a hole, like say those machines the make dozens of medicine capsules at once, this on a small scale could save energy, potentially even power a portion of the process
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Maybe another chance for them to also act as dampeners for the machinery ...
@noone6905
@noone6905 Год назад
There was a flashlight I had a long time ago that used the shake function to charge a battery for a flashlight. It was quite nifty.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Those were really cool! With all the comments, I reckon I've gotta try make one now!
@VINCE-pp3es
@VINCE-pp3es Год назад
prefect for those with Parkinson's "jimmy i told you to stop using grandma as a way to charge your phone she cant help that she shakes so much"
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
😂
@mike-fb4fw
@mike-fb4fw Год назад
if you ever make a lego pinball, this thing could possibly be the tilt sensor
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's a cool idea!
@DaveShap
@DaveShap Год назад
Just found your channel. Love the way you describe it. Makes me want to get magnets and coils lol.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Haha thanks, appreciate it! I'd totally recommend getting some if you get the chance - there's an astonishing range of things you can do with just some magnets and wire
@rimka05orrick90
@rimka05orrick90 Год назад
This thing can be really useful if use it like additional source of electricity that uses vibration and moving (like in your pocket)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Yeah they're not very efficient, but you're right - if you're having anyway, you may as well harness some of that energy!
@AndrewTheRadarMan
@AndrewTheRadarMan Год назад
Your vids are awesome man. Keep up the good work 👍
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Big thanks man 😄
@DrewMarold
@DrewMarold Год назад
If I mounted that to my hyperactive child he could easily power a small city.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
😂
@charlezpodshedlow597
@charlezpodshedlow597 Год назад
Have you got some IC around LED and capacitor? Is it something like in solar lamps that allow charging the battery? Or is it a rectifier?
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Yup, it's just a simple rectifier so I can store the energy in some capacitors!
@AE075G
@AE075G Год назад
You get an alternating voltage from the generator. To increase efficiency, a diode bridge would be installed.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Yup, alternating works well for small lights. But I ended up using a rectifier to feed the capacitors
@M2rsh
@M2rsh Год назад
Add a transistor and a battery and then place in a package with "fragile" sticker and you have an indicator if it was "abused" during transit
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's a genuinely unique idea I haven't heard yet - love it!
@focalshop
@focalshop Год назад
If you could fit one near the truck on a skateboard, you could have the vibration of that board tell people where it is in space at night
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Skateboard trucks is a cool new idea!
@pravopampino8117
@pravopampino8117 Год назад
I would strap this to the washing mashine, it should be able to recover a small amount of energy out of the vibrations
@eagledee7753
@eagledee7753 Год назад
Together with the cap and a linear voltage regulator you could bring it with you on the car and convert some of the vibration into energy to charge your phone. If you combine this concept with a thermoelectrical cooler attached to the hot metal of the engines, you could potentially be recovering some of the lost energy thus becoming more efficient...
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Hmmm I haven't messed around with thermoelectric coolers before - could be some fun experiments there
@raydensizemore4612
@raydensizemore4612 Год назад
I feel like you could find a generator that vibrates at the required frequency and place these all over it
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Cool if you could tune the frequency of the generator to other things
@ToxicAtom
@ToxicAtom Год назад
Reminds me of those old flashlights that you would charge by shaking them.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Yeah those were really cool! Makes me appreciate how well built they must have been
@19Daantje98
@19Daantje98 Год назад
It could work on top of a washing machine, those things vibrate like crazy!
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
True dat - would be interesting to see how much energy you can bank in some capacitors after a 40 minute cycle!
@crayder1100
@crayder1100 Год назад
At the very least it's an impact test. And it works on both ends of an axis.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
You're right, I'm coming around to the idea of it being a sensor - and probably quite effective as an impact sensor
@SkrittleCubing
@SkrittleCubing Год назад
If you had two then could it be possible to have the led be solid if the wigglers wiggled in opposite directions
@Zyghqwyv
@Zyghqwyv Год назад
you would need a full bridge recifier too
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I suppose some diodes to rectify the signal in one direction could do that! For now, I'm finding capacitors the easiest way to smooth out the signal for a solid light
@SkrittleCubing
@SkrittleCubing Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams I didn't even think about that.
@eurosat7
@eurosat7 Год назад
Next you need a Wiggler-wiggler so it is mechanically easier for you to induce energy into the system.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
And then maybe a wiggler wiggler wiggler. It's wigglers all the way down
@eurosat7
@eurosat7 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams thats the way
@MrJtrot90
@MrJtrot90 Год назад
I've wondered why this kind of power generation isn't employed in vehicle suspension. Imagine a truck without a wiring connector to its trailers, just a generator, a battery and a signal receiver to actuate lights.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That's an interesting idea ... I'd be curious to see how compact something this this could be (built into suspension) vs putting an alternator into the trailer
@MrJtrot90
@MrJtrot90 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams shock absorber was my thought. You could have up to 4 of them per trailer.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
@@MrJtrot90 that's true, I guess you could chain a whole bunch of them together
@no-expert
@no-expert Год назад
I think something like this could be useful in environments where you have vibrations that are unwanted. Let’s say you cover some big machines in a network of wigglers. They could dampen the vibrations while creating electricity. Of course it would be better to improve the machines so they don’t vibrate as much but I like the idea of it. Like breaking in an electric car but on a smaller scale. Also I now want one for my desk :D
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Vibration dampener gives it a dual purpose, I quite like the idea!
@choptlivah
@choptlivah Год назад
Could you attach them to vehicles to have the vibrations charge someThing while driving?
@doldrums8084
@doldrums8084 Год назад
Mount it on mountain bikes to generate electricity from bumps to power a small bike light
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That seems to be a popular idea - maybe built into the suspension
@coulgaming1299
@coulgaming1299 Год назад
Emergency charger for a phone, powers out or keep it in a hiking bag
@h6502
@h6502 Год назад
you could put this in a flashlight with a capacitor. no external charge needed, just shake it a bit to charge the capacitor. is it out? shake it some more. leave the thing in your glove compartment for years. of course, we've ditched all the legoes at this point.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Great idea - looks like a few folks remember those old shake-to-charge lights - I'll give it a try!
@kaioh6
@kaioh6 Год назад
Yo, I just discovered your channel. Very promising channel! I can't wait to watch future videos! 👍👍
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Hey thanks, really appreciate it! 🙏
@Relaxationtownz
@Relaxationtownz Год назад
I thought you would hook up an alternating current between the two coils and make the magnet in the middle wiggle between the 2 coils, hence the wiggler 😂, maybe try it in another video.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Haha that's a pretty fun idea.. So it's kind of like a solenoid? I do have a couple ideas for a kinetic sculpture that uses a similar concept!
@Relaxationtownz
@Relaxationtownz Год назад
@Jamie's Lego Jams a solenoid is definitely one way to do it, looking forward to seeing that sculpture 👍
@logankunce9607
@logankunce9607 Год назад
You ever heard of a paint shaker? i think this and a paint shaker would have a great time.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I've heard that a few times now, that's a cool idea
@Ragzvids
@Ragzvids Год назад
Mount them in a car and the vibrations of the road will do all the work for you
@focalshop
@focalshop Год назад
Put it on a bicycle or other vehicles that can benefit from vibration having a visual visual read out to help people notice it before it becomes a hazard
@givemesubspls6407
@givemesubspls6407 Год назад
if you get enough of them you could use them during November as a way to power an electric stove
@Oscar_Garrido
@Oscar_Garrido Год назад
I move my leg a log when Im anxious, I could generate some energy with that device
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Now that's a new concept - an anxiety indicator. The more anxious you are the brighter it gets. Would that make you more anxious?
@arubaguy2733
@arubaguy2733 Год назад
Really going to town, shaking the thing under his desk, (making sure no one is getting uncomfortable.) Whatever does he mean??? I'm dyin'!😂
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Just makin energy man 🤷‍♂️
@lanedj801
@lanedj801 Год назад
We could attach it to a room full of people with Parkinson’s and have the first human power plant. 😂
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
😂
@Unmannedair
@Unmannedair Год назад
Dryvit instead of trying to use it as a generator. Then what you have is a resonance tuning device. You can do resonance matching, or active damping
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
That'd be really cool if you knew the resonance frequency of something... Not a bad idea, I'd love to test that out if I can find something that outputs a constant frequency signal
@Unmannedair
@Unmannedair Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams you could put it on a swing and then pump the swing at its resonant frequency. Or you can make a resonant Mach drive with a bowl of water where you periodically allow a little bit of the water to spill out of one side of the bowl and refill in the center. The result is a thrust output with no jet of water.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Huh both really cool ideas!
@FranchiseFjord
@FranchiseFjord Год назад
You could carry it in your backpack and it would charge your battery. You would need to use a half or full wave rectifier to ensure positive voltage but it looks pretty useful to me. Sell it to the military for their soldiers to use in their backpacks. Easy money
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
I like that idea - I guess you could store the energy while hiking in a capacitor bank. Should be enough to power a radio and lights for a while
@howtoguy17
@howtoguy17 Год назад
Would be a cool way to harvest spare energy off of vibrating things
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Sure would - I love another commenter's idea of harnessing the movement of a dog!
@howtoguy17
@howtoguy17 Год назад
@@JamiesBrickJams Haha imagine putting them on some active farm animal, they can have their own RGB lighting. 'Gaming' chickens ftw
@jeresalomaa772
@jeresalomaa772 Год назад
Mount it on a mountain bike so it will charge something (phone, cycle light, power bank)
@antonbroos7121
@antonbroos7121 Год назад
You can use it as an earthquake generator.
@bowieinc
@bowieinc Год назад
Put it on a dog who has an invisible fence so collar never runs out of battery charging it as they run and play:)
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Dogs are probably a great way to charge any device really 😁
@JeanMichelFeltrin
@JeanMichelFeltrin Год назад
you use it to check if your clothes laundry machine is still doing its job
@SethGupton
@SethGupton Год назад
I could power a small town with my leg bouncing.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
😂
@GeneralPurposeVehicl
@GeneralPurposeVehicl 9 месяцев назад
Given how much an ICE can shake, I'd say this could be used to power very small loads in vehicles
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams 9 месяцев назад
True! (As you said, a VERY small load)
@somonenew7579
@somonenew7579 Год назад
you could use it on a car with the engines vibrations to power the headlights
@BigStrap
@BigStrap Год назад
Yeah buddy. I wanna see breakdowns of all of those! Especially the tall boi.
@JamiesBrickJams
@JamiesBrickJams Год назад
Haha I got you covered - posted a short of the tall boi yesterday. And will cover the powerful ones soon!
@ebolarnator1794
@ebolarnator1794 Год назад
This is what JML used in their god awful flashlights in the mid-2000's
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