And those magical cow magnets have been used by the same farmers to polarize their vehicle fuel to increase mileage by taping them to the fuel lines. That's it, the magnets polarize the cows to align themselves with the 50/60 hertz magnetic flux lines instead of the earths sort of static one. I sure like to see a cow dance at 50 hertz - 60 hertz being beyond the stress endurance of the average cow knee joints.
- Bill Indecision may or may not be the problem. --- On Wed, 3/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Interesting Article To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:54 AM Assuming there's any truth to that story . . . I've heard some cows are fed magnets, which stay in (one of) their stomachs. The magnets attract & hold ferrous metal, preventing some kind of problem (Intestinal damage? Weird flavored milk? I wonder if this would cause cows to line up with the earth's magnetic field? Maybe the position of least discomfort? Pat Lawler EMC Engineer SL Power Electronics Corp. [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> wrote on 03/17/2009 07:27:24 PM: > Why stop with magnetic orientation? I think you’re onto something > with herd behavior. A study (grant funded of course) should be > carried out to test cattle vectoring (herd behavior) through applied > electromagnetics. The magnetic part would be needed to dynamically > orient the cows and the electro part would be needed to get them > moving. GPS positioning would be used to monitor the process and > provide feedback to control herd movement. In the end, just think > how many farmers would benefit from this new technology by simply > pushing a button to have his dairy herd come in all by itself on > time from the pasture for whatever reason without anyone having to > go out into the pasture to find, collect and herd them back to the > barn. Push another button and off they go back to the pasture. I > know my grandfather would’ve liked to have had something like that > as well as me and my brother during our summers there. > > > > And, why stop there. I sure there would be thousands of other > applications. :-) > > > > Also Brian, you are correct with your comment about virtually no > level surfaces in New YorkState. BTW, as a former upstate NY > resident I’m curious as to which part of NY were you referring to > (there being so many places there that fit your description)? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Ron Pickard > > RPQ Consulting > > Glendale, AZ 85303 > > +623.512-3451 tel, +623.848-9033 fax > > [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > www.rpqconsulting.com > > www.linkedin.com/in/RonPickard > > > > From: [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Price, Edward > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:04 PM > To: [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Interesting Article > > > > Let's try de-perming them first, with a big solenoid coil, big > enough to walk them through. 800 A/M for a start? > > > > Herd behavior might be helpful; might act like a mutual coupling to > increase the collective Q. > > > > Ed Price > > [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> WB6WSN > > NARTE Certified EMC Engineer > > Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab > > Cubic Defense Applications > > San Diego, CA USA > > 858-505-2780 > > Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty > > > > From:[email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Doug Nix > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:10 PM > To: [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Interesting Article > > Cortland, > > > > Interesting grant proposal. How would you plan to control for herd > behaviour, since that may have direct influence on the cows desire > to align themselves relative to each other... > > > > Doug > > [email protected] <http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > Find me near 43°24'24.96"N 80°24'25.95"W. > > > > On Mar 17, 2009, at 19:22, Cortland Richmond wrote: > > > > It is an interesting item. The news reports I've heard are that the > observations show cattle aligned N/S except under HV power lines (I > have not yet read the article.) The conclusion that cattle align > themselves with the Earth's magnetic field at all is based on one > assumption, that the alignment is due to magnetic fields and not > because (say) they're warming themselves in the sunlight or some > terrain influence. That power lines cause them to lose the ability > to sense magnetic fields is based on TWO assujmtions, and needs a closer look. > > > > If, as in some animals known to sense North, cattle do sense the > magnetic field by way of magnetite particles, and if those are small > enough, it is POSSIBLE they might no longer sense North due to the > AC fields under power lines moving those particles around. > > > > I should apply for a grant to install inductors on a herd of cattle, > and DC/AC converters, so that I might selectively induce AC magnetic > fields on selected bovines and see if they fail to align with the herd. > > > > Heh! > > > > Cortland Richmond > > KA5S. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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