Saturday, March 15, 2008


So after we did the Genecon lab this week, I finally figured out that this pig flashlight is not just a normal flashlight...It's a generator too! I always used to wonder why it had this weird handle-thing that occasionally popped out of its side. Thanks to the lab we did this week, I now know that the handle probably makes a magnet spin past coils of wire (or vice versa) that are connected to the lightbulbs in its nose. The change in the magnetic field induces a current that allows the bulbs to light up. This is an example of a generator and a motor (I think).

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