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@taetaetoofs@lemmy.world was talking about tornadoes and it was really interesting, figured I’d see what other cool things we all know

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[-] shiri@foggyminds.com 33 points 9 months ago

@shootwhatsmyname Two parts, the easier to chew is that Microphones are basically just speakers wired backwards.

The second part is Solar Panels are basically just LEDs wired backwards.

(In both cases there's a lot of design work around them to make them better at one task than the other, but the technology is still the same)

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

And electric generators are electric motors wired backwards.

[-] shiri@foggyminds.com 4 points 9 months ago

@Murdoc Oh yeah! And that's how "regenerative braking" works!

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