Is it possible to send an electrical shock to the body through thin air...?

Question

Or even with the right equipment through the walls? Low pulses or oven jarring charges? What would prolonged exposure to low pulses in the torso do to a system?

Answer 1

Yes.

In industrial plants, or other areas that enclose high voltage equipment that must be located on aisleways or walkways the walkways must be wide enough to maintain certain minimum spacings from the equipment to normal pedestrian traffic, to prevent accidental electrical discharges.
Those areas must also be identified as danger areas for a minimum distance around them which I believe is 18".
If my memory serves me right, I believe the minimum width of walkway past this type of equipment is 3'-0".

This is all covered in National and Local Electrical Codes.

Maybe there are others out there who are more familiar with the codes and can discuss this further.

Answer 2

Yes you should be able to shock somebody through thin air, it more or less happens if you've ever been shocked by static friction. You'd just need sufficient potential difference (voltage) to get the shock to travel through the air, it tends to not to like to do that unless it realy has to.

I'm not sure what shocking somebody over and over again would do, surely it's can't be good? You should at least get a burn after a while.

Answer 3

It can and has bbeen done. Just think what lightning will do to youl. That is electricity through thin air.

Not easy to pass it through walls and other solit material.

Sound in the radio range can and will pass throug many things and can dammage you. This can be accompanied by electricity as well.

Answer 4

Yes, but you don't have magic powers, so you're screwed.