So Doc..... I bought my kids the cheap-o kids toothbrushes that flash for a minute so they know they brushed long enough....
You have kids...You know the brush...
You tap the rubber end and a little contact switch starts the flashing.....
The brushes hang on a plastic holder that suction cups to the mirror....
So why am I making you read all this nonsense????
Every time I walk into the bathroom...The second I get the static zap from touching any metal....the damn brush starts flashing!!!
How in the name of god does a frigging toothbrush start flashing from static zap...... on the other side of the room????????
p.s. BellyDoc Part #2 got started again...so go there next....there's a Q you'll love...
This is an AWESOME home physics puzzle.
My GUESS is that your static zap moves enough electrons in close proximity to the brush that it electromagnetically disturbs the switch.
The mirror may be acting like a giant capacitor plate. There may actually be some charge difference across the glass at rest. Your static zap may be getting amplified.
It suggests an experiment. You can create a simple static electrometer with a sealed container of nonconductive material (I used a pill bottle). You take a paperclip and make an L out of it, then shove it through the lid and glue it in place with a dot of epoxy. On the inside, you hang an upside-down V of tinfoil, sanwiched between the base of the L and the inside of the lid. Then you seal it all up.
If you get it to work correctly, then when you bring the end of the wire into close proximity with something that has a static charge, you'll see the two leaves of the tinfoil begin to repel eachother. You can actually touch it to something with a static charge and get it to STORE a little static electricity, in which case you can start to use it to judge whether or not you're bringing it into proximity with something that has a LIKE charge (the leaves get farther apart) or an OPPOSITE charge (the leaves get closer together).
Once verified that I had a working electrometer, I'd put that thing in the hanger where the toothbrush goes and see if I could affect it with a static shock somewhere else in the room.
You could also see if you could affect it by shorting a nine volt battery with a paper clip in close proximity. This creates a barage of electromagnetic noise.
My GUESS is that your static zap moves enough electrons in close proximity to the brush that it electromagnetically disturbs the switch.
The mirror may be acting like a giant capacitor plate. There may actually be some charge difference across the glass at rest. Your static zap may be getting amplified.
It suggests an experiment. You can create a simple static electrometer with a sealed container of nonconductive material (I used a pill bottle). You take a paperclip and make an L out of it, then shove it through the lid and glue it in place with a dot of epoxy. On the inside, you hang an upside-down V of tinfoil, sanwiched between the base of the L and the inside of the lid. Then you seal it all up.
If you get it to work correctly, then when you bring the end of the wire into close proximity with something that has a static charge, you'll see the two leaves of the tinfoil begin to repel eachother. You can actually touch it to something with a static charge and get it to STORE a little static electricity, in which case you can start to use it to judge whether or not you're bringing it into proximity with something that has a LIKE charge (the leaves get farther apart) or an OPPOSITE charge (the leaves get closer together).
Once verified that I had a working electrometer, I'd put that thing in the hanger where the toothbrush goes and see if I could affect it with a static shock somewhere else in the room.
You could also see if you could affect it by shorting a nine volt battery with a paper clip in close proximity. This creates a barage of electromagnetic noise.
What a GREAT nerd puzzle!!!
Can I come over?
YES....COME OVER.....I've played it out to death....My mind can't put it together....
and once again......i must bring up the fact that its all about homedads ZEN ying/yang, yoga, mediation crap.........hes superhuman and has lots of schnizzle going on in that caffeine induced/overloaded body of his. its pure magical crap i tell ya! sorry bellydoc.....just had to add my .04 and a half cents.
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My GUESS is that your static zap moves enough electrons in close proximity to the brush that it electromagnetically disturbs the switch.
The mirror may be acting like a giant capacitor plate. There may actually be some charge difference across the glass at rest. Your static zap may be getting amplified.
It suggests an experiment. You can create a simple static electrometer with a sealed container of nonconductive material (I used a pill bottle). You take a paperclip and make an L out of it, then shove it through the lid and glue it in place with a dot of epoxy. On the inside, you hang an upside-down V of tinfoil, sanwiched between the base of the L and the inside of the lid. Then you seal it all up.
If you get it to work correctly, then when you bring the end of the wire into close proximity with something that has a static charge, you'll see the two leaves of the tinfoil begin to repel eachother. You can actually touch it to something with a static charge and get it to STORE a little static electricity, in which case you can start to use it to judge whether or not you're bringing it into proximity with something that has a LIKE charge (the leaves get farther apart) or an OPPOSITE charge (the leaves get closer together).
Once verified that I had a working electrometer, I'd put that thing in the hanger where the toothbrush goes and see if I could affect it with a static shock somewhere else in the room.
You could also see if you could affect it by shorting a nine volt battery with a paper clip in close proximity. This creates a barage of electromagnetic noise.
What a GREAT nerd puzzle!!!
Can I come over?
I would guess that rather than looking for a complex scientific answer you should just call a priest to exorcise the house...Obviously the place is haunted
Ok doc, I have a question. I eat a lot of tuna fish and someone told me that it can lead to mercury poison. Is this true and if so how much do you have to eat to get mercury poisoning?
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Ok doc, I have a question. I eat a lot of tuna fish and someone told me that it can lead to mercury poison. Is this true and if so how much do you have to eat to get mercury poisoning?
My understanding is that the concentration of methylmercury in fish relates to the age/size of the fish species. Small fish that breed/live/die fast don't have the time to build up much measureable methylmercury, while large fish like ocean going tuna can build up more. The amounts are tiny in all cases, but the standards for food safety are quite stringent. Canned tuna comes from smaller fish which have not had time to build up levels. This isn't a higher concentration fish like big tuna that yeild fish steaks.
The risk of methylmercury is to young kids with developing nervous systems. There is no proven link between fish eating and any kind of neuropsychiatric phenomena in kids that I'm aware of, and my cursory online search was of absolutely no help in this regard... but there is a theoretic possibility of a connection, and therefore a warning. The warning applies to kids, to women who are or who could become pregnant, and nursing mothers. The recommendation is basically to average about 2 fish meals a week. The FDA and the EPA seem to recommend regarding albacore steaks as being the full week's quota.
Personally, I wouldn't put a lot of weight on this. I eat food that has much higher known risk to my health than lean, high protein fish with the possibility of trace heavy metals. I'm talking about juicy grilled red centered steaks and artery hardening pulled pork barbecue!
If you want to eat healthy, start by watching how I eat... and then do the opposite.
Ok doc, I have a question. I eat a lot of tuna fish and someone told me that it can lead to mercury poison. Is this true and if so how much do you have to eat to get mercury poisoning?
I think the worst thing that can happen from eating commercially available tuna is a possible case of "assteroids".
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Hey Belly Doc I have a question for you.
Why are they called asteriods when there in the hemisphere and hemorrhoids when they're on you ass?
Oh thanks Jon, your BBQ talk made me have to grab the baggie of homemade salt laden beef jerky and start munchin'
I start running on the elliptical a lot here recently and was wondering what heart rate should I go for. I'm 29, 6'5" 245 and need to drop about 20 pounds. Is it better to go hard or slow.
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