In the technologically-underpinned modern world, most of us interact with a battery of some sort every day. Whether that’s the starter battery in a car, the lithium battery in a phone, or even just ...

The invention of the battery allowed electrical energy to be stored and utilized in ways no other technology previously could. In many respects, it literally laid the foundation for modern electronics ...

Do you ever wonder how much of what we do you could figure out from scratch? Tying your shoe might seem simple now, but kids have trouble mastering the skill, and dreaming it up for the first time is ...

More specifically, the first battery-operated sex toy was a voltaic pile, which was the primitive form of the battery. Unfortunately, this particular voltaic pile was made by Johann Ritter, who put it ...

As usual this holiday season millions of kids will be opening gifts that a caring parent must crack open immediately to jam in batteries before the playing can begin. Since its invention in 1800 as ...

The invention of the Voltaic pile in March 1800 is often regarded as the final blow to Galvani's theory of animal electricity. But good arguments for an alternative interpretation of the pile as a ...

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