Fun With an Induction Cooktop? 147
fishfrys writes "Besides generating heat quickly and efficiently in ferromagnetic pans, what sorts of fun things can you do with an induction cooktop? This seems like a pretty serious piece of electromagnetic equipment — boiling water can't be the only thing it's good for. I went to YouTube, expecting to find all sorts of crazy videos of unsafe induction cooktop shenanigans, but found only cooking. What sort of exciting, if not stupid, physics experiments can be performed with one? Hard drive scrubber? DIY Tesla coil? There's got to be something."
Re:So's a Microwave, but... (Score:4, Insightful)
A microwave oven's power source is not a maser, just like an incandescent light bulb is not a laser.
If you don't understand the distinction, PLEASE don't open up your microwave and try to make a death ray.
Re:This looks like a job for--Mythbusters! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Lightbulb (Score:5, Insightful)
2 things:
1) Asking is how you find a place to start. When I want to create with electronics, I don't do mine copper.
2) Presuming you meant Linus, he asked several people about how to create a kernel. He was taught a foundation of computer science.
Do you think Linus that created a kernel with no knowledge? having never asked an computer science questions?
Re:Induction Heating of Block Ice = Glowing Red Ho (Score:4, Insightful)
There is a triangular piece of metal in the ice. It's a demonstration by Huettinger, a manufacturer of induction heaters.
http://www.huettinger.com/en/about-us/multimedia.html
I think water would flash to steam before you got it to glow. Unless it was under enormous pressure I suppose.