A Stirling Engine from Pop cans

Stirling engines are super-cool innovation-- well a very old innovation. This project ( http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/courses/egr112/StirlingEngine/stirling.html ) shows how to build a stirling engine from pop cans and powered by a tea light. For the doubting Thomases: here is an MPEG of the Stirling Engine at work.

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