Compasses - When Bob Dylan sang "like a rolling stone... with no direction home," he obviously wasn't carrying his compass. Armed with a simple bit of magnetized metal, you can almost always find your "direction home" in an instant. People have been navigating with magnetic compasses for the best part of 900 years, so there [...]
DIY Magnetic Road Trip Hacks There's nothing quite like rolling the windows down, turning the music up, and hitting the open road. Spring is the perfect time of year for that road trip you’ve been dreaming of for ages. So, why not “carpe that diem” and start planning your adventure? It’s always important to travel [...]
Magnets Are Weird In this article, we discuss a few things that might make you question what you think you know about magnets. We’ll show magnets stronger at the edges than at the center. We'll see magnets that won’t attract to center upon one another. We’ll even make the north pole of one magnet stick [...]
Using A Magnet As An Electrical Current Detector An Electric Current Produces A Magnetic Field. You Can Take Advantage Of The Fact To Generate A Simple Apparatus To Check The Electrical Conductivity Of Different Materials, Including Both Solids And Fluids. The Detector Is Composed Of A Coil Of Cable, Using A Magnetic Compass Within It. [...]
Who Discovered Magnets and Other Rare Facts We all know that magnets attract iron particles. We have seen fridge magnets, other decorative articles, and even some toys that use magnets. We have heard of the applications of magnetism in daily life. But have we thought of who must have discovered magnets and when? Who [...]
The Uses of Magnets Magnets, besides being fun to play with, have many uses. They are used in consumer as well as industrial goods. Let's get to know more about the uses of magnets. Magnets are materials which produce a magnetic field, and have the capability to attract ferrous components like iron, steel, cobalt, and [...]