Sentences with phrase «with jolts of electricity»

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.

They strapped electrodes to my wrist, cranked up a black dial on a frightening electronic device encrusted with switches and knobs, and shocked me repeatedly with jolts of electricity.

You might be able to fix a dog guarding his food with a jolt of electricity, but you run the risk of his becoming even more agitated or worse: If he happens to be looking at your child when he receives a shock, he could become fearful of and aggressive towards children.

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The real jolt of electricity came with our first Big Baseball Brawl of the season.

There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them.

Even before a jolt of electricity was applied to animate its body, the cyborg twitched with signs of life.

Since the 1930s, doctors have been jolting the brains of depressed patients with electricity to relieve their symptoms.

In the 19th century medical electricity had become all the rage, and migraine patients were routinely jolted with a variety of inventions, including the hydroelectric bath, which was basically an electrified tub of water.

Synopsis: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery - powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Volkswagen says it best: The 2017 e-Golf will «give the city a jolt of energy» with its EPA - estimated 125 - mile range, responsive acceleration, and advanced technologies such as regenerative braking modes that convert the frictional energy of the brakes to electricity to help recharge the batteries.

But the shock collar operates with two contact points at the dog's neck that send a painful jolt of electricity through the animal's body.

This misconception probably stems from movies and television shows where some poor soul winds up wearing a shock collar and being jolted with an exaggerated amount of electricity.

This is why ultracapacitors, with their ability to release quick jolts of electricity and to absorb this energy just as fast, are ideal today as a complement to batteries or fuel cells in electric - drive vehicles.