• Question: is electricity an invention

    Asked by tactile to Sian, Dawn, David, Dan, Christie on 16 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Dawn Lau

      Dawn Lau answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      Nope! Electricity is a type of energy, so it’s not a man-made phenomenon. Lightning is electricity. Your brain cells communicate with each other by electricity. Of course, the electrical signals in your brain are much less powerful than lightning, so don’t play with electricity at home 🙂

    • Photo: David Robertson

      David Robertson answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      No, but there are lots and lots of inventions that make use of electricity.

    • Photo: Christie Waddington

      Christie Waddington answered on 19 Jun 2016:

      Nah, electricity is a natural form of energy. But it is thought to be discovered by a guy called Benjamin Franklin. He performed an experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm attached to a metal key, receiving an electric shock. Years later, inventors such as Thomas Edison (invented electric lightbulb), Alexander Graham Bell and Anthony Pollok (invented telephone) used electricity to make modern appliances.

    • Photo: Sian Thomas

      Sian Thomas answered on 20 Jun 2016:

      Good answers – energy cannot be created or destroyed – learnt this in physics when I was in school which means electricity was discovered not invented.

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