On 17 and 18 October 1831, Michael Faraday developed the first-ever electric generator. Watch the demo: as the magnet moves, the lines of magnetic force repeatedly intersect with the wire, exciting the electrons in the wire and generating electrical current 💡 Virtually all electric power is produced using Faraday’s principles, whether the prime source of energy is coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro, or wind - all these fuels are used to drive a generator (or turbine) which generates the electrical

For a relatively small country, Japan has had an outsized influence on the world. Technologically, it’s already years ahead of most other countries. But plenty of Japanese inventions have also become familiar and even indispensable to people all around the globe, including you. | Sunday Roast