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Potential Ideas in Mind

  1. Wind powered car

Details: This would be a wooden car, similar to a sized up hot wheels car, that has been added with a motor along with a wind fan. The idea would be that the wind generated by the motor powered fan would be enough to move the car, thus transforming electric energy to wind energy to kinetic energy.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQXGmGHg80

 

Pros: Quite sturdy and straightforward.

Cons: Very low chance of success, as motors are unlikely to be very fast.

  1. Motorized car + dominos

Details: This car would be like an rc car, having being motorized and capable of moving forwards with speed. The idea would be that when powered on, this car would ram into some dominos, turning electric energy provided by the motor into kinetic energy.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdtPTUsrAA4

 

Pros: Very easily built, and can be finished easily.

Cons: Very drab and simplistic.

  1. Wind-up car/rubber band car

Details: This car would be like any regular car, but its main force of energy would be a rubber band. It utilizes the potential energy in the rubber band to generate amounts of kinetic energy, and thus allowing the car to move.

Video: https://www.stem-inventions.com/rubber-band-car

 

Pros: Very clear energy transfer.

Cons: Might not work.

  1. Water turbine design

Details: This water wheel would be powered by a flow of water (potential gravity), and then using the rotation of water wheel, I could utilize a motor to generate electricity (LED light).

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xow_R0YRI

 

Pros: A challenging project, if it works it will be very impressive.

Cons: Quite hard to make.