Sentences with phrase «sending electrical current»

Ionic foot baths operate by sending an electrical current through a tub of water, which causes the water molecules to divide and create negative oxygen ions.

There is a sensory branch of the vagus in the outer ear and, by sending electrical current down the nerves and into the brain, researchers were able to influence outflows from the brain that regulate the heart.

Summers uses a remote control to send an electrical current from the neurostimulator to the array and a group of neurons — called interneurons — in the spinal cord.

Duchenne de Boulogne found that he could artificially induce recognizable facial expressions by sending electrical currents to different groups of muscles in the face.

Using an onboard source of energy (such as a battery, ultracapacitor, solar panel or any combination thereof), the electrodes will send an electrical current into the plasma, causing the plasma to push against the neutral (noncharged) air surrounding the craft, theoretically generating enough force for liftoff and movement in different directions (depending on where on the craft's surface you direct the electrical current).

An experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved «invisible» yet debilitating side effects for a B.C. man with a spinal cord injury.

ECT sends electrical currents to the brain while the patient is under anesthesia and their muscles are relaxed by medication.

He has currently done some chiropractic adjustments to get me aligned properly and has me working on the ARP trainer, which is a type of machine that sends electrical currents through your shut - off muscles in order to get them to function properly.

Because they send an electrical current through your body, the amount of water you are carrying can drastically adjust this number too.

Those sensors send electrical currents through your skin, similar to an electrocardiogram, and are thought to be more accurate than the optical sensors that have become standard in fitness bands, such as the Fitbit Charge 2.

Not exact matches

If the sight of the current between the prongs and the loud electrical sound don't scare away an attacker, you can simply touch them with it and send a jolt through his or her body.

In a small study of healthy twentysomethings the scientists showed they could make neurons more or less excitable by sending weak electrical currents through the brain's motor cortex.

Another component senses changes in the electrical current flowing through the generated sweat, which measures alcohol levels and sends them to the user's cell phone.»

Most plasma cutters work best when the material being cut is a conductor, as the material can therefore complete the circuit and send the arc's electrical current back to the cutter device by means of a cable clamped to the target.

How it works: You hold on for a few seconds while it sends weak electrical currents into your body (you won't feel anything).

These work by sending a small, harmless electrical current through the body to detect fat and lean tissue.

This electrical current stimulates the brain cells (neurons) in a targeted brain area and causes them to fire (or send an electrical impulse).

Now this produces AC current which is sent through a Rectifier to be converted into DC voltage and that is sent to the battery to be recharged, most of the electrical things on your car run of the battery where the alternator provides additional amps to the system while charging.

A small electronic chip installed inside the air flow sensor translates the amount of this electrical current into a digital signal that is sent to the engine computer (PCM).

The regeneration of the reef is done by sending low - voltage electrical currents into wire structures beneath the water.

In the most common and inexpensive «dynamic» style of driver construction, an electrical current is sent through a tightly - wound coil.