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I Made an EMP Device... It Actually Works

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Expectation Violation

An EMP sounds like something from a spy film, so a homemade one that works is hard to believe. The phone breaking into rainbow static shows it does. The device itself looks like a toy ray gun, which makes it look fun as well.

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How the packaging works
Title

'It Actually Works' answers the doubt before you raise it, and the pause of the three dots makes it sound like the maker was surprised too.

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EMP and a red arrow run from the ray-gun-like device to the glitching phone, so cause and effect read left to right in one glance.

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When you build or test something people doubt could work, show the tool and its effect in one frame, with an arrow from one to the other. Let the title admit the doubt and answer it.

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The transferable lesson

Show the tool and its effect in one frame.

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