Jason Marlin of ars technica was struck by a bolt... ...this part is a little foggy—a bright arc of electricity shot through the window and directly into my ches...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/24/What-Its-Like-to-be-Struck-by-Lightning/[http://youtu.be/4SIT0aU_FRw] (YouTube link)Yes, these young folks are hanging on to an electric fence. In a shocking turn of events, Josh had no insulation. As punishment for their shenanigans, they were all grounded. -...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/08/Electric-Fence-Experiment-Ends-as-Expected/[http://youtu.be/BFp3NalfKgw] (YouTube link)It's m... ...use this trick is from Steve Spangler. THe static electricity in the balloon is the key.When an object has a ne...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/05/The-Spinning-Match-Table-Trick/
Melanie Hoff, a student at the Pratt Institute in... ...wanted to see the results of channeling a lot of electricity through a sheet of plywood. At the link, you can... ...he Lichtenberg figures--the branching patterns of electricity
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/03/Sending-15000-Volts-through-Wood/
What do you do -should you call an electrician or a plumber? Good luck getting either one to touch this! -via reddit...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/17/Cleaning-Out-the-Electricity/[http://youtu.be/RtlYi1yLTVQ] (YouTube link)Mehdi Sadaghdar very helpfully explains how professionals test electronic products for resistance to damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD). I learned a lot from this video....
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/05/Dont-Worry-its-Just-Electrostatic-Discharge/[http://youtu.be/3FpjcOWwiI4] Why have a snowball... ...y have a snowball fight when you could fight with electricity
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/05/Tesla-Fight/
Photo: Ethan Pines/The New York Times... ...g only 6 percent to 12 percent of the electricity powering their servers to perform com...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/23/Dirty-Secrets-of-Internet-Data-Centers/[youtube BZZMrtC2wGs] (YouTube link)Fire ants are the geeks of the insect world. They seek out technology, particularly electric gadgets. And they have super powers, such as the ability to survive being cooked in a micro...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/13/Fire-Ants-and-Techno-Chaos/
If you're photographer Robert Buelteman, you g... ...Buelteman shocks the plants with 80,000 volts of electricity and then uses a fiber optic wire to light paint t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/03/what-happens-when-you-electrify-plants/
