Each episode of the SBS show MythBusters takes on multiple myths and uses modern-day science to show what's real and what's fiction. One myth the MythBusters will investigate during the Shark Week episode they will shoot in the Bahamas next week will be the idea that magnets can control sharks' movements.
This drawing by MythBusters co-host Jamie Hyneman shows how he intends to examine the concept. Basically, he has designed a system where he will attach two electromagnets to a shark's nose and rig the system so that he can send tiny little electric pulses to the magnets to activate them. The idea is that if the magnet on the shark's left side is activated, it will turn right, and vice-versa. The shark will not be harmed during the experiment, which will be conducted under the supervision of a marine biologist.
Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com
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ANDREW
08/04/2008 03:30 PM
THE MYTH BUSTER GUYS GOT TO GET IN MORE PROS TO TEST MYTHS OR HELP AS SOME ARE CRAP AND CAN BE BUSTED CHECK THE ARROW SPLIT ONE AGAIN GUYS GET A PRO IN
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