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Re:German student builds electromagnetic harvester to rechar... by huhsamovar on Sunday February 24, 2013 @05:48PM (#5276274)
This is AWESOME!

> He's won a 2nd place award in the HfK Bremen Hochschulpreis 2013 competition for Digitale Medien, for his efforts.

Who on Earth won first place?

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Re:German student builds electromagnetic harvester to rechar... by DasIch on Sunday February 24, 2013 @06:36PM (#5276467)
The first price in this category went to someone who built a robot arm controlled by the emotional reactions of a sensitive plant[1][2].

[1]: http://www.hfk-bremen.de/t/auszeichnungen/n/hochschule-f%C3%...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica

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Re:German student builds electromagnetic harvester to rechar... by lttlrck on Sunday February 24, 2013 @06:23PM (#5276421)
The guy that did it with wires.
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