Hackaday (unofficial) October 30, 2024 3:00am Electrostatic Motors are Making a Comeback #science #benjaminfranklin #coronamotor #criticalmaterials #electricmotor #electrostatic #electrostaticinduction #electrostaticmotor #electrostatics #highvoltage #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Electrostatic Motors Are Making A Comeback Electrostatic motors are now common in MEMS applications, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin and spinoff C-Motive Technologies have brought macroscale electrostatic motors back. [via MS…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 30, 2024 3:00pm Static Electricity And The Machines That Make It #featured #interest #mischacks #originalart #science #disk #electrophorus #electrostatic #electrostatics #leyden #leydenjar #leydenjars #static #staticelectricity #vandegraaffgenerator #wimshurst #wimshurstmachine #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Static Electricity And The Machines That Make It Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much mor…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 24, 2023 12:00am Electrostatic Generator Project Starts With Molten Sulfur #chemistryhacks #classichacks #science #electrostaticgenerator #electrostatics #ottovonguericke #sulfur #vandegraaff #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Electrostatic Generator Project Starts With Molten Sulfur Although the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of…