On a dry lake bed in Nevada, Jenkins managed to get his wind-powered vehicle up to an amazing 126.1 miles per hour, handily breaking the old record of 116 mph, which was set in 1999 by an American ...

probably the simplest and smallest wind turbine we’ve seen. His use of a 3-phase motor from a CD-ROM drive as the generator isn’t particularly unexpected, these motors are ubiquitous and ...

After some painstaking work, he was able to turn a ceiling fan into a wind turbine (of sorts). While it’s true that some generators and motors can be used interchangeably by reversing the flow ...