Thor: Tom Vale’s in Disguise
It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! No, it’s Tom Vales, the master craftsman for electrical engineering! On September 28th Tom Vales demoed various types of electronic gadgets such as:
- Mendocino Solar Powered Motor
- Rocking Armature
- Sterling Engine
- Tesla and Fluorescent Tubes
- Violet Ray Machine
Mendocino Solar Powered Motor
This solar powered motor is a combination of 4 solar panels with 2 coils running between them. These solar panels and coils are the center of the machine, but they are penetrated by a rod that has 2 magnets on each end. The base of the machine has magnets on every corner, and these magnets repel the two on the rod which then suspend the solar panels in mid air. When a strong enough light is emitted onto it, the motor begins to spin.
Rocking Armature
The rocking armature motor is a bit more complicated, but it uses batteries to keep the motor spinning. Sometimes a kick start might be needed due to the static friction, but once the motor get started the arm that spins the wheel keeps going spinning.
Sterling Engine
The sterling engine runs on steam power. The steam allows the weight connected to the rod that spins the wheel to continuously spin. The weight is needed in order to spin the wheel/motor, and the design of the device is set up so that the friction between the weight and the glass that contains it is very low so the motor can go for a long time without losing much energy.
Tesla Coil and Fluorescent Tubes
The tesla coil as well uses some more complicated physics. But it is essentially increasing the voltage electricity and voltage frequency to such high levels that it is creating a field of energy through which power can travel. This is why a fluorescent tube that is not actually in contact with the coil can be lit up.
Violet Ray Machine
The violet ray machine is a black magic healing device that can cure all types of diseases. Just hook it up, and through the power of ultraviolet waves, it is suppose to cure you. Does it work, judge for yourself.
