So this is what I've been working on since shortly after the MSG concert in November. I've already filed for the patent, so now I can show it to people.
It's a hamster wheel that doesn't require batteries and shines a wide array of lights onto the wall behind the rodent's cage. It functions with 16 neodimium magnets and 4 yellow jumbo L.E.D.'s, and is designed to operate in dimly lit or dark rooms. (When rodents spend the majority of the time running on their wheels)
To say I bled for this f**ker would NOT be an exxageration. At one point I actually cut my pinky finger while making the coils... which required 4 stitches
Patent Pending : US60/897,649
Some of the other features are:
Works in both directions.
Doesn't cause ANY resistance on the rodent's legs. (Spins just as freely as regular wheels)
Does not create heat or other electrical disturtbances
The 4 L.E.D.'s flash in a two-two pattern as the rodent runs... o_o_ ... _o_o
Here's a couple of pictures of the wheel that we'll be manufacturing. These images came from the early design stages and have since changed quite a bit. We're working with a Chinese guy in Cali who communicates with the people in China. (This could never be affordably manufactured in The U.S.A.
) The Chinese guys are the ones who made these images with their C.A.D. program...
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