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Example 9.22. Pollinating Plants
Old design

Air with pollen (2)
Air with
pollen 1 2
Flower

Petal (1)

In artificial pollination, flowers are blown with a pollen-containing
airstream. A disadvantage is that the airstream fails to open some flower
petals because they are small and do not respond to the force of the wind.
New design

Air with pollen (2)
Air with 1
Flexible pollen 2
electrode
Flower

Petal (1)
Charges

It is proposed to use an electric field. A flexible electrode is passed over the
flowers, charging them. Then, an opposite-charge electrode is brought close
to open the flower. At this point, pollen is applied with an airstream.

Method 3: Draw harmful action (field)
to another object
Another object, object 1, is added to draw the harmful action to itself,
that is:

Subject Object
F
Object 1