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His brother’s hamster is charging his phone now

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May 06, 2026
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A YouTuber going by Flamethrower spent nights listening to his brother’s new hamster squeak through the exercise wheel and decided to harvest the energy. The result is a working phone charger powered by the rodent.

A hamster runs in bursts, while a phone wants steady voltage — that’s the engineering problem. Flamethrow…

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