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If you read about Hall effect sensors — the usual way to detect and measure magnetic fields these days — it sounds ...

The theory behind hydropower is very simple: water obeys gravity and imparts the gained kinetic energy onto a turbine, which subsequently drives a generator.  The devil here is, of course, in all ...