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That's it, turning my apartment into a faraday cage
by TranquilMarmot · Nov 2, 2026
Or build a legal faraday cage
by nohup2 · Nov 2, 2026
Some people still want to receive content on their TVs in the old fashion way, using radio waves, even in their more modern form, DVB. Unfortunately a Faraday cage blocks both i…
by dolmen · Nov 2, 2026
Our Samsung fridge will mesh network with any Samsung TV specifically to exfiltrate marketing info, at least according to the manual. (The fridge even has marketing surveillance…
by hedora · Nov 2, 2026
A Faraday for heat, eh?
by nxobject · Nov 2, 2026
In reality that'll never work because the front of the tV needs to be exposed. At best you can make your whole room/house a faraday cage, but that'd be insanely expensive t…
by gruez · Nov 1, 2026
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Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis. Despite receiving little formal education, as an autodidact Faraday became one of the most influential scientists in history. It was by his research on the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a direct current that Faraday established the concept of the electromagnetic field in physics. Faraday also established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena. He similarly discovered the principles of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and the laws of electrolysis. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became practical for use in technology. The SI unit of capacitance, the farad, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia