Best Cookie Dunk Kickstarter campaign backer story EVER

I was in RadioShack, browsing some of the electronic kits, because that's how I roll on a Thursday night when my wife is out of town, and an 8th grade girl was there with her mom. I overheard them say something about an LED, my curiosity took over, and I asked what they were working on.

Apparently, they were working on a science project to measure the power generated by different water wheels. They had an old analog volt meter they thought was broken. They thought that if it was working, they could attach a hobby motor to the water wheel drive shaft and measure the voltage generated.

I fixed the voltmeter (one probe was plugged into the positive side of the low voltage range port and the other was plugged into the positive side of the high voltage range port, easy fix) and showed them how it had different scales for different range settings. I offered a few ideas for mechanically measuring the horsepower of the water wheels, rather than electrically, and then gave them my business card with my website and email if they had any questions.

That evening, they sent me an email saying thank you for the help. And a little while after that, I got a notification from Kickstarter. They had donated to the campaign.