How do you produce static electricty to shock other people?
436333
First find something fibrous like a carpet, a fuzzy carseat, or something else like that.  Rub your clothing on it for a good bit.  Make sure you aren't standing on or around something metal or it'll ground you instantly (thus negating any charge you'd build up).\n\nAdditionally, a factor that you have little control over--you must be in an area that has relatively low ambient humidity (<<10%).  If you live in a Rainforest, for example, pretty much nothing you do will generate enough static to create a shock.  Good luck and happy shocking.
280756
My grandfather had one of these.\n\nWARNING: THIS DEVICE WILL PRODUCE A LETHAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD, KEEP AWAY AT ALL TIMES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR DEATH, INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO MISUSE.\n\nThis is SOOOOO simple. You will need a steel rod sharp at one end and a plastic handle w/attached single insulated wire at the other. You will have to fabricate this. Wire must be 25 feet long and of 12 or 10 AWG. The rod will be 1.5 feet long.\n\nUsing a polarized plug, connect the single insulated wire to the smaller (HOT) of the plug prongs.\n\nDirections for use:\n\nAn area of about 10 feet from rod WILL PRODUCE A LETHAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD, KEEP AWAY AT ALL TIMES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. UNPLUG THE DEVICE BEFORE APPROACHING IT.\n\nThe ground must be somewhat moist (not wet), best results are in the shade or cloudy day.\n\nFirmly push the rod into the ground at least 20 ft away from any building.\n\nPlug in the polarized plug into a socket for no more than 5-10 minutes at a time (this depends on ground moisture).\n\nAn area of about 10 feet from rod will produce worms in the time specified, if not, try a different location.\n\nClean and oil rod after every use to prevent rust. AVOID GETTING OIL ON THE HANDLE AS OIL IS CONDUCTIVE.
12356
Sounds like static electricty, which tends to develop in windy dry conditions.  Check it out.
783905
its called "static electricity".???
12507
A brief explanation of what's going on - in the dry weather, you're building up static electricity on your body as you walk around. When you touch a metal object (like a doorknob) that has very little electric charge, the charge is transferred to the other object.\n\nSo, the short answer is that to prevent the annoying shocks, you need to avoid building up electricity, or keep discharging it to objects. Touching metal frequently will help. Also, you can avoid some of the annoying effects by touching things with something other than your fingertips first - for example, the back of your hand. Your fingertips are very sensitive, and it may not be as unpleasant to get small shocks on other parts of your body.
62361
Try it. CAUTION - KEEP LIQUIDS AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL CURRENT.\n\nSet up a loudspeaker next to a glass of water (a wine glass is good for this)\n\nWhat do you think will happen when you alter the sound from the speaker?\n\nInvestigate and observe.\nTry a thicker liquid such as milk.
16724
As you are building a computer, ESD sensitive parts can get damaged.  You can buy an ESD wrist strap and hook it to the AC outlets center screw (between the two plugs).  This will let the static electricity discharge through ground and not hurt your components.
883302
First you have to know "Static electricity" is not electricity which is static. \n\n"Static electricity" is all about charge-imbalance, and it has nothing to do with charges at rest. "Static electricity" was misnamed.\n\nWhen we scuff our shoes upon a rug on a dry winter day, our bodies typically charge up to a potential of several thousand volts with respect to the ground. In physics this is a well-known fact, and is easily verified by meter measurements. Touch a grounded object, and a spark will leap between the object and your fingertip. This kind of electric spark can only exist when a high voltage is present. The tiniest spark requires about 500 volts. Big, nasty, painful sparks require lots more voltage, up to several thousand volts. But even when no sparks are jumping, there is still a high voltage between your charged body and the ground, and your charged body is surrounded with an invisible electric field.\n\nThere are many way you can eliminate it, Refer to this web you can will able to know.\nhttp://www.school-for-champions.com/science/staticcont.htm
787636
put something on ur door bell that will shock them wen they ring it n tell ur friends n family to knock
246952
Dryer sheets really help to reduce static electricity oin your clothes.\nthis sounds silly, but a flat-headed thumb tack through the inside of your shoe facing down so that the tip points down when you're standing up helps with build up when you walk.\nGetting your car properly grounded helps with getting shocked coming out of your car (that's most popular with me)
1012460
I used to do this with a cheesy air purifier that relied on negative ion generation for air purification.  They called it an ionizer. \n\nWe would touch the conductive element, which was giving off the negative ions, for a while and then touch someone's ear.   ZZZZap\n\nIt really gave a painful spark, especially on soft ear lobes when the victim (my brother) was well grounded.  The fun wore off after he started giving sparks back.
847700
i would try to find two sheets of a fine metal mesh. Use the first sheet to charge the incoming air and the second sheet as the negative attracting grid. place them about an inch from eachothers and attach the positive and negative terminals each to a sheet. I would use a car battery as this gives you the most voltage of something that is portable. Whatever source you get make sure it is dc and that each sheet of wire mesh is insulated from the other or else the electrostatic effect wont work. Or if you have ever seen the ionic breeze by sharper image it uses three or four metal plates placed side by side to achieve dust collection. This may work also.
431240
oh this has been awhile....ok a block of wood, a couple nails, some tape, some wire, and a six? volt battery.\n\nyou are basicaly making one of the nails an electro magnet so that when the circuit is completed it comes on and pulls down one of the wires to the top of it making a clicking noise, open the circuit the wire will spring back up.  \n\nhere is a more complicated one that will send to another one\nhttp://www.apluschilddev.com/headstart/services/projects/easy_make_telegraph.htm
848499
build an electromagnetic pulse generator - that will destroy all of the electronics that they own. that would quiet things down.
777888
I use static guard in a spray can...you can also keep a dryer sheet such as bounce or downey and rub it on your hand to prevent static electricity...especially at the gas pump
1184410
You have probably experienced static electricity. It's the charge that you create when you scuff your feet on a rug. Then when you touch a doorknob, you get a small shock. That's static electricity. \n\n    The reason why it works is a little more complicated. To start, you have to know that every object is made up of billions of tiny particles, called protons and electrons. These particles are so small they can only be seen with special microscopes. \n\n    Despite their small size, protons and electrons carry an electrical charge. Protons carry a "positive" charge, while electrons carry a "negative" energy charge. \n\n    Usually, the two different charges balance each other out, and nothing happens. But when two objects with like charges (all positive or all negative) come together, the charges repel and the objects move away from each other. Objects with opposite charges attract each other because the different charges want to enter a state of balance with each other. \n\n    Objects can get a negative charge by picking up electrons from other objects. For example, when your shoes scuff against the rug, your shoes are actually picking up electrons from the rug. The electrons fly over your body, giving you a negative charge. \n\n    Your new electrons fly over your body because they are looking for a positive charge. If you touch a metal doorknob, the electrons on your body will leap into the metal, attracted by the protons there. The transfer of electrons is actually a small electrical current, and produces the tiny electric shock you feel. \n\n    Lightning is like static electricity, except on a much bigger scale. Both lightning and static electricity happen because of the attraction between the opposite charges.
999967
We used to do it by wetting the ground or waiting until just after a good rain storm.... then a metal rod with a good insulated handle.... attach the negative side of a 12 volt car battery to a ground rod.... and attatch a wire and small rod to the positive wire... made sure you have on some good rubber boots.... and touch the small rod to the ground for just a couple of seconds... three or four.... and let it up.... it used to bring up alot of night crawlers in a hurry