For a simple version of a VAWT that you can build yourself, [BlueFlower] has published several mechanical drawings that detail the layout of the design. The wind power generator uses 24 magnets ...

'We took the hit': Why some Canadians are cancelling U.S. travel plans Rock from 4,200,000,000 years ago confirms something we wondered about the moon She’s spent 3 years collecting cans to ...

But as demonstrated by [Robert Murray-Smith], it’s possible to generate electrical power from wind without any moving parts. With simple components, he shows how you can build a device capable ...

Fran Scott explores how PhD student Jon Sumanik-Leary from the University of Sheffield is developing a DIY wind turbine for isolated Third World communities. Conventional wind turbines (and other ...

as windmills to grind grain and make flour, and windpumps to pump water. Wind turbines turn energy from the wind into electricity. Turbines turn so that they face into the wind. The turbine blades ...