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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 25
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 25

by Mark Frauenfelder
January 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
7h 45m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 25

DANGER!

Lick a 9-Volt Battery

By Gever Tulley with Julie Spiegler

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Taste electricity.

HOW-TO

You’re about to give yourself a tiny shock. It won’t exactly hurt, but it will feel strange.

1. Hold the battery in your hand, with the terminals facing up.

2. Stick out your tongue.

3. Take a deep breath.

4. Think about kangaroos hopping around in a field of flowers. This is really just to heighten the anticipation — you can think about anything you want.

5. Quickly touch the metal terminals of the battery to your tongue.

6. Try again, but hold it there for 1 full second.

How would you describe the sensation to someone who has never done it? Does it have ...

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