The folks at iFixit put together this video about battery safety that looks frighteningly similar to the home experiments my friends and I used to do in high school. But they do with better safety precautions and more deliberate intentions than "hey what if we fucked with this." And wow, this is a good reminder of just how dangerous a battery can be (when mishandled, anyway).
Watch what happens when you shoot a lithium-ion battery with a nail gun
A spectacular hydrothermal explosion caught on camera
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This all-in-one emergency pouch might just save you from nasty blisters and cuts
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Real talk: the USB tumbleweed has to stop
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Who needs a social media team when this manages posts, comments, and chats for you?
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