Slow day at the office? Here’s a trick that’ll make your coworkers smile. Dangerously Fun has a guide to build a homopolar motor from a battery, copper wire, and magnet. A homopolor motor doesn’t rely ...

Abstract: The first electric motor, the homopolar motor, was demonstrated by Michael Faraday in 1821 at the Royal Institution of London. The homopolar motor operates on the principle that a force is ...

The homopolar motor was the first electrical motor to be built. Its operation was demonstrated by Michael Faraday in 1821 at the Royal Institution in London. It is also the operating principle behind ...

There are a number of examples of simple homopolar motors that rotate a conducting wire around an AA battery, but Magnetic Games took it a step further by attaching circular magnets to the ends of ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 111, Section 7: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS: ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS (2002), pp. 695-712 (18 pages) Lower battery voltage enhances electric vehicle safety. A homopolar ...

If you have a high regard for the Caped Crusader, then carve out a few minutes in your day, gather some copper wire, an AA battery, and a neodymium battery. The result of your efforts will be a pretty ...