Phones

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public

telephone networkAbove is a picture of the old candy bar modeled phone from the 90’s. The phone next to it is the iPhone 4S, currently the most produced smartphone right now

How phones work• Telephones are the simplest devices in the world. Even a phone from the 1920’s would work

fine• The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long distances without wires. It works

by communicating with a nearby base station (sometimes called a "cell") which connects it to the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves around, if the mobile phone gets too far away from the cell it is connected to, that cell sends a message to another cell to tell the new cell to take over the call.

• The inside of a phone looks like a grid

How solar pads work• Solar pads get energy from the sun turning into electricity• Solar panels are created by combining silicon with other elements that do have positive or negative

charges• Natural sunlight sends out many different particles of energy, but the one we're most interested in is called

a photon. A photon essentially acts like a moving hammer. When the negative plates of solar cells are pointed at a proper angle to the sun, photons bombard the silicon/phosphorus atoms.

• since the positive silicon/boron plate draws it into the open spot on its own outer band. As the sun's photons break off more electrons, electricity is generated. The electricity generated by one solar cellis not very impressive, but when all of the conductive wires draw the free electrons away from the plates, there is enough electricity to power low amperage motors or other electronics.