Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this. OK, so perhaps you wouldn't ever be ...

If MacGyver and Survivor Man got together and handed out an award, they might give it to the inventor of this incredible DIY water wheel generator. With some empty plastic bottles, a little wire, and ...

In this video you will see how I built a giant water wheel near my log house, deep in the middle of the forest, next to a ...

We’ve all been there – hiking in the woods with a dead phone battery. No GPS, no way to Tweet that selfie from some hill with a great vista. It’s a disaster! But not if you have access to a little ...

[Paul Junkin] bought a curious product off the Internet. It was supposed to generate electricity when hooked up to a running hose. Only, it didn’t do a very good job. His solution was ...

Kin’s water wheel generator is made from recycled “plastic bottles, disposable platters, 3 Phase stepping motor, [and a] rectifier circuit.” The bad news is I don’t know which part is which. The good ...