Summary: <p>Do you know how the volt was discovered? It might surprise you! Daniel Bogdanoff, Mike Hoffman, and Matthew Woerner discuss the volt’s wild history and more in this week’s EEs Talk Tech podcast.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-44-29" style="width: 100%;"><a href="https://eestalktech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/06-frog-legs-helped-discover-the-volt.mp3">https://eestalktech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/06-frog-legs-helped-discover-the-volt.mp3</a></audio> <p>Video (YouTube):</p> <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"></div> <p><strong>Discussions Overview:</strong></p> <p>The volt and building batteries</p> <p><a href="http://www.electronicdesign.com/author/daniel-bogdanoff">Volta discovered the Volt </a>(article)<br> Capital vs. Lower case <a href="http://eestalktech.com/2017/04/26/the-seven-ways-we-describe-the-universe-si-units/">SI units</a><br> The Greeks knew about static electricity<br> It’s not that hard to build a basic battery<br> How do potato batteries work? 4:30, 10:30<br> How do lemon batteries work?</p> <p>The invention of electrostatic generators and storage in Leiden jars</p> <p>Who were Galvani and Volta?</p> <p>Galvani started experimenting with static electricity<br> Mike simply assumes frog legs are delicious<br> Galvani was skinning a frog leg for some experiments and the frog leg kicked!<br> Why and how did the leg kick?</p> <p>Galvani vs. Volta<br> Galvani believed in “animal electricity,” but Volta thought it was just electricity</p> <p>Galvani is considered to be the father of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioelectromagnetics">bioelectromagnetics</a></p> <p>Mike thinks <a href="https://smhttp-ssl-5891.nexcesscdn.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1800x/6b9ffbf72458f4fd2d3cb995d92e8889/e/l/electrolytes-newthumb.png">plants crave electrolytes</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/oxidation-reduction/redox-oxidation-reduction/a/oxidation-reduction-redox-reactions">Redox reactions</a> make <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biobattery">biobatteries</a> work (like frog leg batteries and ox head batteries)</p> <p>Galvani’s nephew performed demonstrations on more than just animal tissue</p> <p>Mary Shelley and the fabled origin of Frankenstein</p> <p>Volta and the invention of the Voltaic Stack (or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_pile">Voltaic Pile</a>)<br> The first light bulb was demonstrated for the <a href="https://royalsociety.org/">Royal Society</a> in London</p> <p>What is the volt now?<br> Mike was born just in time to <a href="http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/875/511/a69.png">browse dank memes</a><br> Why is it called “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy">natural philosophy</a>” – Because there was much study of the mind (Greeks), and technology finally allowed natural philosophers to study nature.</p> <p>Wikipedia tip<br> Back in the day, scientists had to understand a lot of different disciplines</p> <p>Famous scientific rivalries over time – is Edison vs. Tesla over hyped?</p> <p>Predictions:<br> <a href="http://makezine.com/">Maker movement</a><br> We want <a href="https://eestalktech.com">EEs Talk Tech</a> fan fiction.<br> We forgot Mike’s prediction <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.keysight.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dbgc017zt5qs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">23:25</a></p> <p>EEs Talk Tech is an electrical engineering podcast by Keysight Technologies</p>
