The pebbles are able to self - assemble using «electropermanent magnets,» whose magnetism can be switched on and off with jolts of electricity, allowing them to come together, communicate and share energy and then also fall apart quickly. (treehugger.com)
He leaps back and forth between Jamal in the game - show hot seat and Jamal in a different kind of hot seat, getting jolts of electricity from a fat interrogator: «Final answer?» (nymag.com)
All it took was a few jolts of electricity to turn ordinary rats into roborats and for pundits to leap to the conclusion that ordinary humans would soon be transformed into robohumans. (discovermagazine.com)