He quickly felt the expected pinch of static discharge. Next came a far more severe shock: Every LED on every switch in the .

These static shocks happen more often in winters because the air is typically drier than the summer air. The humidity levels ...

When you come into contact with something or someone charged with static electricity, you might experience what we commonly call a "shock." This shock is actually a tiny electric discharge ...

Normally electrostatic sparks are very small. If the object has a lot of charge, then these sparks can be hundreds of metres long. Sparks can occur between charged objects and people. Sometimes ...

Sometimes when you touch something metal, you can get a little electric shock, even if it’s not connected to a power source. And it’s all because of static electricity. Static electricity is a ...

Electrets produce a semi-permanent static electric field, similar to how a magnet produces a magnetic field. The ones in microphones are very small, but in the video after the break [Jay Bowles ...