electromagnetism
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There Was Way Too Much Lightning in the Arctic Last Year
That the Arctic is a hot mess due to climate change is well-established at this point. But it’s always nice to have a reminder of just how out of whack things are getting, isn’t it?
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Electricity Conducting Glass Tables Are Probably Going to Be the Next Interior Design Fad
Glass desks can help make a tiny office feel more spacious (and maybe a little sci-fi) but they also reveal things that most desks keep hidden, like a rat’s nest of power cords and sync cables. That could soon change with a new product called Power-Tap Glass that conducts both electricity and data signals without…
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Motorola’s Over-the-Air Wireless Charging Tech Might Be Cool, but Probably Won’t Be Fast
Over-the-air wireless charging is the dream — after all, who doesn’t want to charge their phone without plugging it in? Gadget-makers have attempted to bring the technology to market and make it a daily reality, though there’s still work to be done and regulatory hurdles to clear.
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Are Lightsabers Theoretically Possible?
I’ve never been a Star Wars fan. I’ve seen only one of the movies, The Phantom Menace, and I was eight years old at the time. And yet even I, as a child, owned and played with one of those little lightsaber toys, as have millions of children before and after me (not to mention…