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\n A 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part
\n of his GCSE science project.<\/p>\n
Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster’s
\n exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger.<\/p>\n
Elvis does the legwork while Peter charges his phone in an economically
\n and environmentally friendly way.<\/p>\n
He came up with the idea after his sister Sarah complained that Elvis
\n was keeping her awake at night by playing for hours on his exercise wheel.<\/p>\n
"I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected
\n a system of gears and a turbine," he said.<\/p>\n
"Every two minutes Elvis spends on his wheel gives me about thirty
\n minutes talk time on my phone."<\/p>\n
The teenage inventor was given a C for his project and has been awarded
\n a D overall for the course.<\/p>\n
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