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How do third party headphones with volume control and play/pause buttons send a signal to my phone through a headphone jack?

How do third party headphones with volume control and play/pause buttons send a signal to my phone through a headphone jack?


How do third party headphones with volume control and play/pause buttons send a signal to my phone through a headphone jack?

Posted: 04 May 2017 03:11 AM PDT

I assume there's an industry standard, and if so who is the governing body to make that decision?

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Any topology experts care to explain why this doesn't produce a knot?

Posted: 03 May 2017 06:17 PM PDT

Why do fluorescent tubes contain mercury vapour?

Posted: 04 May 2017 02:50 AM PDT

I understand the the mercury electrons become excited, move up and energy level and then release a UV photon which then passes on energy to the electrons of a phosphorus coating, but why can't the electrons from the voltage supply pass on their charge directly to the electrons of a phosphorus atom inside the tube which would then emit the visible light photons, removing the need for the mercury vapour?

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What are the practical applications of calculus?

Posted: 04 May 2017 01:50 AM PDT

Both in the modern day and at the time it was first discovered?

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If a person is right-handed, does such dominance include all voluntary muscles? For example, are the muscles in the larynx also somewhat right-dominant?

Posted: 03 May 2017 02:10 PM PDT

What causes the chaotic rotation of celestial bodies such as Pluto's moon Nix or Saturn's moon Hyperion?

Posted: 03 May 2017 04:54 PM PDT

Here is a simulation of the rotation of Pluto's moon Nix. According to wikipedia, it's rotation can only be predicted 30 days into the future before it becomes too chaotic. What causes this chaotic rotation?

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Is "touching" caused by electromagnetic forces or the Pauli exclusion principle?

Posted: 04 May 2017 12:54 AM PDT

Does string theory make predictions that can be measured in experiments?

Posted: 03 May 2017 11:40 PM PDT

I heard several talks about string theory, but usually they are very technical and no one was able to give me some examples of predictions made by string theory that can be investigated in experiments, for example, at the LHC.

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Is it possible for the neurological effects of autism to wear off as a person gets older? If so, how?

Posted: 03 May 2017 11:45 AM PDT

Why are our organs in the places that they are? From an evolutionary perspective what benefit is there having our heart in between the lungs rather than elsewhere?

Posted: 03 May 2017 12:37 PM PDT

If every force is countered by a normal force in the opposite direction, how does anything actually move?

Posted: 04 May 2017 05:49 AM PDT

How did people calculate the Gravitational constant G?

Posted: 04 May 2017 05:03 AM PDT

What would happen if you ate a piece of meat with cancer cells in it?

Posted: 04 May 2017 04:51 AM PDT

Do objects less than 5730 years old have accurate dating measurements?

Posted: 03 May 2017 07:33 PM PDT

Okay so this may be a dumb question, but need an answer quick and didn't have the time to do enough research myself to answer it. So I'm having some debates with my parents (hardcore Creationists, I'm undecided at this point lol) one of my arguments for the errors in the creation story is the fact that dating techniques are pretty accurate and are no where near the claims of 7000 years like they like to say. I came across this one question though; if dating techniques are only accurate for greater than the half life of the element used, and carbon-14 has the smallest half life of 5730 years, is it hypothetically possible that all materials ever tested are less that 5730 years old (sort of close to a creationists timeline), and therefore all measurements can be listed as inaccurate? I may be completely out to lunch here and I apologize if I am. I'm not looking for other reasons as to why old-earth is a lot more plausible (there are enough that I am aware of already). Thanks for your time.

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Is it possible for nuclear fuel to accidentally reach criticality?

Posted: 03 May 2017 05:21 PM PDT

I'm gathering information for a story I'm writing and I want all aspects of the story to be as plausible as possible.

So as the question states, whether in travel or handling accidents, if fuel rods were majorly damaged in any way and the pellets somehow spilled into a massive pile could it possibly go critical?

Or is there a reactor fuel source other than PWR fuel rods that would be contained in a way that makes them more likely to go critical?

Thank you for any assistance you can lend in the matter.

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What is it about the chemical properties of metals such as Gold, Silver, and Titanium that make them hypoallergenic?

Posted: 03 May 2017 12:53 PM PDT

My understanding is that most of a metal "allergies" are caused by irritation due to the metal's oxide. Even though these metals are considered to be relatively unreactive, they can still be oxidized. If this is the case, why are they less likely to cause problems?

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When a full tooth is knocked out, then later reinserted, how does it re-bond with the gums?

Posted: 03 May 2017 02:13 PM PDT

Basketball player Isaiah Thomas had his tooth knocked out then had a dentist procedure the next day to reinsert it. Do dentists just stick it back in and the gums clamp back down on it? Or do they use a biodegradable glue, or a mechanical fixture?

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Four years after the confirmation of the Higgs Boson, what has been the impact on theoretical physics? Are there any new theories developed from it, or theories abandoned?

Posted: 03 May 2017 01:05 PM PDT

I think I read that Supersymmetry took a big hit because of the 125 GeV, but I really don't know much more beyond that.

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Will the derivative of the proca action with respect to time and velocity result in the momentum that of a photon?

Posted: 04 May 2017 01:35 AM PDT

How do fusion reactors work?

Posted: 03 May 2017 04:31 PM PDT

How can you get more energy out of the reaction than you put in to get it too the required temperature and pressure?

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What is entanglement entropy?

Posted: 03 May 2017 01:29 PM PDT

Can someone give a simple explanation what the idea behind entanglement entropy is?

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