Chemical electrodes of this sort can store a lot more energy than the static electricity of a capacitor.

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As bees fly, they generate up to 450 volts of static electricity, which causes pollen grains to jump on.

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However, the company said it was aware of two cases where a build-up of static electricity had caused a localised fire.

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Static electricity could cause a small spark when a petrol pump nozzle is inserted which could in turn ignite fuel vapour in a flash fire.

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Static electricity from our ears will power our mobile phones.

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On a typical graveyard shift, 60 technicians, wearing white lab coats to prevent static electricity from gumming up computer components, hunch over kaput keyboards and screens, fixing them with screwdrivers and color analyzers.

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Winky Dink said he wanted the children to mail away for a "Magic Window, " which was actually a cheaply produced, thin sheet of plastic that adhered to the TV screen by static electricity.

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But one team from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a new technique that uses bodily movement, such as footfalls, to generate static electricity that can then be harnessed in quantities that could viably charge larger devices.

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Such an assumption is akin to claiming that a television set left on and unattended will still be in working condition after a million years because no natural events, such as rust, erosion, static electricity, and earthquakes can affect it.

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The occasional piercing got in the way, and there was a gross-out or two when eager consumers forgot to change screens, but it was a big step forward from last year's Tongueii, which failed to account for static electricity, fusion and two of Fermi's laws.

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