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This USB Chargers is as Steampunk as it Gets

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Ever wonder what happens when you take a Jensen #75 and connect it to a lego Technic motor using a rubber band? Neither have we, but thanks to YouTuber twdunbar, we now know, and it's pretty damn cool. Using the parts just mentioned, twdunbar fashioned together a Steampunk-inspired USB charger for his iPod, but it can also be used for other devices.

"The motor is being driven and so it acts like a generator, which feeds into a voltage regulator circuit to give a continuous 5V to the iPod (or any USB device)," twdunbar wrote on his YouTube video page.

Check out the video here, and if you're into the whole Steampunk thing, drop these links into your browser:

8 Foot Tall Case Mod
Steampunk'd Modding

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avatarBravo!

Nicely done!

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