Dr. Tiffany Summerscales demonstrates that like charges repel using a Van de Graaff generator. A rubber belt in the generator carries electrons away from the metal dome, causing it, and anything touching it, to become positively charged. Individual hairs stand up as they are repelled by other hairs and the rest of the body. Source Clarissa Carbungco
Plasma ball A plasma ball is a glass sphere filled with noble gases that has a high-voltage electrode in the center. The high voltage produces filaments of plasma in the gas that give off light as they twist around. Source Myles Power
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