As in the title, this happened the other day when I touched my computer's side panel (Antec P183 case). Reading about this phenomena on the net has been almost comical, with individuals who claim to ...

There's a reason you may notice it more in the winter. Excess static electricity is always a shock to the system—literally—but if you're experiencing shocks more so than not, annoying is an ...

Static electricity is an imbalance in the amount of positive and negative charges found with in the surface of an object. The sudden flow of static electricity or Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can ...

Car illustration with electric zap icons all around. There are only two ways for a car to zap someone unexpectedly, and the sources and solutions are different for each one. A common reason that ...

WASHINGTON — Your skin is dry, lips are chapped and you are constantly being shocked when you open doors, touch your dog or go in for a kiss from your partner. But why? These are all impacts from cold ...

My sub goes from on (blue light) to stand by (orange light) when certain items int he rooms are statically zapped (I thought them when sitting down). All of this occurs in the same room, where ...

You see those warning labels on fuel pumps, reminding you to discharge any static electricity built up on your body before touching the pump nozzle and gassing up your chariot. Last week at a ...

But to get the most out of the adhesive, engineers usually call for a rough surface, giving the adhesive plenty of sites to form mechanical bonds. Unfortunately, these rough surfaces create networks ...

There are only two ways for a car to zap someone unexpectedly, and the sources and solutions are different for each one. A common reason that people are shocked by their cars is static electricity.