Peter Ash of Lawford, Somerset invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger, as part of his GCSE science project.

We must admit that sounds kind of painful for the little furry charger component, but before any of you picks up the phone to call some Animal Rights organization, you should know the exercise is actually very healthy for the hamster.

The boy attached a generator to his pet's exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger.
While Elvis the hamster does the legwork, Peter charges his phone according to all environmental and economical laws.
The boy thought of the ingenious power generating device after his sister Sarah had complained about the energetic hamster keeping her awake at night with its activity on the wheel.

"I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine", Peter said.
"Every two minutes Elvis spends on his wheel gives me about thirty minutes talk time on my phone", he proudly explained.

But seems that his science teacher wasn't proud enough to give more than a C for the teenage inventor's project.

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