Static Electricity

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What Happens Right Before You Take Your Clothes Out Of The Dryer

5:00PM December 7, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

That annoying little zap – it happens nearly every time you open your dryer and take some clothing out. But what causes it? What happens right before you reach for your clothes and leads to that shock? [Abstruse Goose]

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Grip-Happy Compliant Electroadhesion Sneaking Into Everyday Usage

10:00AM November 8, 2010 | Jack Loftus

More than two years ago SRI International was marching robots up walls using little more than static electricity. Today, they’ve moved onto bigger and better things, like gripping a banana using the same technique. Meet “compliant electroadhesion.” More »

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‘It’s Possible to Receive a Small and Quick Electrical Shock From Your Earbuds While Listening to iPod’

7:35PM May 20, 2009 | John Herrman

From Apple’s support pages, a warning about potential static electricity buildup in earbuds, in which Apple has been reduced to explaining basic physics to its customers. [via Crave UK]

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