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Hamster-powered phone charger invented by 16-year-old - Boing Boing

Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster's exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger...
He came up with the idea after his sister Sarah complained that Elvis was keeping her awake at night by playing for hours on his exercise wheel.

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Guinea pig power | Wandering Gaia

Guinea pigs, those Andean rodents so beloved by European children as pets, are more than strokeable, tailless rats – they have uses. Many. The ingenious people of the rural town of Pachacamac, outside Lima, are using the furry fellas to light their homes, cook their food, grow their veggies, power their televisions and, this is Peru after all, line their bellies.