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Hand Battery

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                                                Hand Battery : Harnessing electricity  Well !! You πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰ are also a battery !! A human powered one !! πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€Lets check this out. Item list   2 x cardboard covers  Copper plate   Aluminium foil  2 x jumper wires   A few paper clips   Multimeter  Procedure. Mount the copper plate on one of the cardboard covers and cover other cardboard cover with Aluminium foil.  Connect the two above prepared  plates to the multimeter test probes using the jumper wires. Set the multimeter to  the 200 milliampere setting.  Place one hand on each plate and observe the readings. If negative current is shown in the.meter, then simply reverse the connections of  the multimeter probes. You can even wet your hands with water (or sanitizer works the best) to make ...

MORSE CODE - HARNESSING ELECTRICITY TO COMMUNICATE

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   HARNESSING ELECTRICITY TO COMMUNICATE - MORSE CODE Morse code  is based on name of its inventor Samuel Morse and was used first in 1844. For well over 100 years it was extensively used for communication including during the World War 1 and World War 2. UNDERSTANDING MORSE CODE Here is a video to understand the Morse Code and you can also try a few android apps to get the hang of Morse Code STARTING THE PROJECT An excellent resource to understand the Morse Code  and execute this project of harnessing electricity to communicate is via the Microsoft Education Workshop site     https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/education-workshop/telegraph.aspx Collecting materials for the project was super cool. It's mostly available online via Amazon or other web portals. A simple Google search and would suffice. I used an Arduino Uno micro controller for the project but you can use a Microbit micro controller also. PROCESS Lets get started.....first...