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Fun With an Induction Cooktop?

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-try-this-at-home dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Lightbulb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or break your cellphone with it, like this guy does

  2. Re:Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In fact some induction cooking systems aren't very safe.
    A 2008 study had shown that it can cause serious harm

  3. Re:Lightbulb by clydemaxwell · · Score: -1, Troll

    "why is a boring muggle like you even doing here?"
    -1 for HP reference, -1 for grammatical failure

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  4. Re:Lightbulb by geekoid · · Score: -1, Troll

    Explain to me what is wrong the Harry Potter.

    Grammatical failure isn't -1. Plus, you should clean you're own house before complaining about someone else's grammar.

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