Question

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod as a way to prevent lightning from causing damage to property or people. Use this same idea to construct a device that can protect a person from static charge buildup in their body as they run on a treadmill. Consider that the person wears rubber-soled shoes that rub on the treadmill's running surface, which generates static charges that build up in their body. When the person finishes her workout, she can receive an unpleasant shock when she steps off the treadmill and touches an object that suddenly discharges all of that charge. How can you apply Ben Franklin's idea of a lightning rod to solve this problem? Create a sketch showing how your shock protection system works. Your sketch should be labeled and clearly indicate how the excess static charge in a human body is discharged by the system you design. 12 f(x) (1000) 1 G​

Answer 1

By 1750, in addition to wanting to prove that lightning was electricity, Franklin began to think about protecting people, buildings, and other structures from lightning. This grew into his idea for the lightning rod. Franklin described an iron rod about 8 or 10 feet long that was sharpened to a point at the end.

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