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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Waterbender

You can use static electricity to bend water to your will!

What you'll need:
Plastic comb or balloon
Faucet

Turn the faucet on so that only a tiny stream of water comes out (1/16 inch, or 1-2 mm). Run the comb through dry hair or blow up and rub the balloon on your hair. This will build up a static charge. Position the comb or balloon near the water and you will see the stream bend away from the charge. Who knew moving water around was so easy?

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