superhero Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Is it possible to group a lot of charges into a small volume and control its movement? Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Charge a capacitor and tape it to the workbench? Edit - a small capacitor Edited November 15, 2009 by jcarmody Quote Link to comment
Francois Normandin Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Is it possible to group a lot of charges into a small volume and control its movement? Yes. It's essentially what Millikan demonstrated when he calculated the elementary electronic charge. See Millikan Oil-drop experiment.Well, it all depends what you mean by "lots of charges"... If your goal is to control it in 3D, then you'd need a 3-dimensional electric field gradient controller. Are you trying to lift yourself from the ground like a superhero? Wait, I assume you already know how to do that... Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Is it possible to group a lot of charges into a small volume and control its movement? Sure. Go to your local hardware store and select a big value pack of batteries. Take them off the shelf. Put them in your cart. Buy it and bag it. Take it home. Take it to your room. You are in control of it's movement. Dance with it if you want. A car battery will give you a bigger charge but it's a lot harder to dance with. Quote Link to comment
superhero Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) NoNoNo! I am thinking about like Ken in Street fighter. He puts his energy into a ball and release it out. Can we put charges into air, and control how it float to make a person shock in theory. - Superhero Edited November 16, 2009 by superhero Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 [...] Can we put charges into air, and control how it float to make a person shock in theory. Hang the capacitor from the ceiling? Quote Link to comment
thols Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 NoNoNo! I am thinking about like Ken in Street fighter. He puts his energy into a ball and release it out. Can we put charges into air, and control how it float to make a person shock in theory. - Superhero Sure, rub your shoes on the carpet and then put your finger on your co-worker's ear. That'll shock him with electrons floating in a controlled fashion in the air Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 NoNoNo! I am thinking about like Ken in Street fighter. He puts his energy into a ball and release it out. Can we put charges into air, and control how it float to make a person shock in theory. - Superhero I think you need to read up on the works of Nikola Tesla . Quote Link to comment
Black Pearl Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think you need to read up on the works of Nikola Tesla . More pictures, less text: http://www.tesladownunder.com/ Felix Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 More pictures, less text: http://www.tesladownunder.com/ Felix Tesla was a god. Quote Link to comment
Black Pearl Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Tesla was a god. Tesla was a superhero! Quote Link to comment
superhero Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Tesla was a superhero! Superhero is a superhero Quote Link to comment
Black Pearl Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 But you still need to find a nice superhero avatar... Quote Link to comment
Daryl Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 NoNoNo! I am thinking about like Ken in Street fighter. He puts his energy into a ball and release it out. Can we put charges into air, and control how it float to make a person shock in theory. - Superhero Is the dude in the next cubicle being to loud for you or something? Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Kamehame....wonder if that translates to any thing. Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Kamehame....wonder if that translates to any thing. Hawaiian for "George"? Quote Link to comment
jzoller Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Kamehame....wonder if that translates to any thing. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kamehameha (Just a joke. Sorry, I love that site) Edited November 19, 2009 by jzoller Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kamehameha (Just a joke. Sorry, I love that site) Yeah I didn't get offended but I know some people do. Even so it was a bad example, because you should have googled "what does kamahamaha mean" or "translate kamahamaha". And I did google it before posting, just out of curiosity and there wasn't an obvious answer. Quote Link to comment
jzoller Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Yeah I didn't get offended but I know some people do. Even so it was a bad example, because you should have googled "what does kamahamaha mean" or "translate kamahamaha". And I did google it before posting, just out of curiosity and there wasn't an obvious answer. Wiki: Paiʻea is said to have had a dour disposition, and acquired the name he is best known for today: Kamehameha, from the Hawaiian language term for "the lonely one". Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Wiki: Paiʻea is said to have had a dour disposition, and acquired the name he is best known for today: Kamehameha, from the Hawaiian language term for "the lonely one". I expected it to mean something in Japanese...this all has nothing to do with controlling electrons anymore. Quote Link to comment
jzoller Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I expected it to mean something in Japanese...this all has nothing to do with controlling electrons anymore. Oh, fine One can guide charged particles through free space using fields generated by guide plates or guide wires. For instance, time-of-flight mass spectrometry uses this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-flight_mass_spectrometry. For the pulse of energy itself, you could use anything that generates a gaseous plasma or free electron cloud: laser, ebeam gun, etc. All of these (including various ball lightining experiments) require large amounts of equipment and power, positioned very carefully, and aren't terribly useful outside of scientific fields. Hence, no public demonstrations of lightning guns. Quote Link to comment
Black Pearl Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 A cool video and some NI guys promoting their new products for producing lightening stroms: Sweet Apps Blog on NI community Felix Quote Link to comment
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