Mattel (MAT)‚ the world’s largest toymaker‚ announced on Aug. 14 an expanded product recall‚ involving vehicles based on the hit movie Cars that had lead paint on them‚ as well as Barbie‚ Polly Pocket‚ and Batman toys that had small‚ powerful magnets that could harm children if swallowed. The move follows the Aug. 2 announcement of a similar recall of Fisher-Price toys with lead paint. Policing Subcontractors Is Hard Chinese-made products have come under increasing fire in recent months‚ as
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Investigating Factors that Affect the Strength of an Electromagnet Aim: To investigate the factors‚ which affect the strength of an electromagnet‚ also known as it’s‚ pick up power. Predictions: The more coils of wire used on the electromagnet then the greater number of paper clips picked up. Also The greater the current the greater the number of paper clips picked up. There will also be a limit to the amount of magnetism created and how many paper clips can be picked up
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What Affects the Strength of an Electromagnet? Aim What is the effect of increasing the current and increasing the number of coils when picking up paper clips? Definition First of all‚ an electromagnet has to be defined. An electromagnet can also
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energy that is passed from the hypnotist to the patient by using a magnet. This belief was based on the prevailing scientific ideas of that time‚ particularly Newton’s theories of gravitation. Mesmer began using hypnosis to heal his patients. Reportedly‚ when Mesmer passed a magnet over a bleeding patient‚ the bleeding from the cut stopped. However‚ the bleeding also stopped when Mesmer used a piece of a wood instead of a magnet. Mesmer succeeded in healing many of his patients using this‚ and he
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one of the richest families in the area so with this marriage‚ Hamilton earned some financial gain. After their honeymoon‚ Alexander returned to the war. In July of 1781‚ George Washington finally granted Hamilton the command and glory he craved.(Magnet) Hamilton organized the Battle of Yorktown which was the last big battle of the revolutionary war. His tactics took less poise and more blood. The British surrendered on October 19th‚ 1781 although they did not leave New York for another two
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Physics in Everyday Life 1 Just about everything you do from moving to eating to listening to music involves physics. Now that I have really explored them I think it is hard to go about our day and not do something that involves physics. Some of the things I will talk about are getting out of bed‚ the eye and how eye glasses help a person see better‚ speakers‚ the Frisbee‚ sailing‚ and the pulleys I use to get my jeep unstuck in the mud when I ride in the woods. All of these
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incorporated into my nifty lifting machine was a pulley and a lever. The pulley was used to help lift up the weight. This was accomplished by having string that was connected to a crank runs through the pulley and at the end of a string is a magnet. The magnet is used to latch on to the metal can. The lever we used is used to stop the crank from spinning so the crank can’t spin while my group doesn’t want it to. Explain what knowledge was gained creating your machine in your prototype. The knowledge
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A Description of Cochlear Implants A Cochlear Implant is a specialized hearing device that consists of both a surgically-implanted and external component used to simulate natural hearing. This device is used to treat people with severe and profound hearing loss. The implanted component is placed under the skin‚ behind the patient’s ear‚ and connected to the auditory nerve of the brain. The Cochlear Implants are designed to receive sounds and convert them into electrical signals that bypass
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magnetic properties‚ you can use a magnet to separate the mixture. Cobalt‚ iron and nickel all have magnetic properties. Note that not all metals are magnetic and magnetism is not a method to separate metals from non-metals. Gold‚ silver and mercury are examples of non-metal substances. Magnetism is however a way to separate magnetic substances from non-magnetic substances is. Magnetism as a separation method is done by taking any magnetic force (Electro magnets included) and moving it above an insoluble
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Thaiyeba Mahzabin‚ a student going to Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in East Hartford‚ Connecticut chose to go to this school because she was interested in science and technology. Her parents entered her into the RSCO lottery in hopes of her getting into a better school than the one in her town‚ Manchester. Mahzabin and her parents received a letter a few days prior to school starting‚ saying she got into STEM school. She heard of the offer and rejected it at first‚ because she wanted to stay with
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