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more about #teslacoil more comments → Shindokie: The song they are playing is Hikari by Utada Hikaru... or the person who wrote it. Nice electricity! more » CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: I don't know how Tesla got away with stealing so many of his inventions from Edison. more » Monty: Do they give out awards at this giant adult science fair project? This one would fail for no other reason than half of it appears to not be working (... more » Curves: Its fascinating and beautiful. I never get tired of watching the lightning. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Wow, these videos make my Tesla Coil Solid State alright! more » xbrav: Hmm... tesla coil near room heater... smart. more » ibraud: I saw them at maker fair in Austin. Seems like the faraday cage suit is a new act though. more » N@tedog: For how nerdy that is, it's pretty bad ass looking. more » Hello Mister Walrus: This man will have a death that is both horrible and amazing. more » weatherman: OMG I haven't felt this way since I first saw a Mad-L. I don't care what I have to do, I will have one of these some day... Anyone in need of a kidney... more » CrispyAardvark: That's damn cool. Up there with the Munny Speakers on instructibles. It doesn't look like it would be too hard to make yourself too. more » OMG! Ponies!: John Mayer here. As much as I love being the punchline, at the end of the day, I don't care if you play my entire discography through Tesla coils and ... more » Ender305: I still think Mario Brothers on tesla coils beats everything else: > more » -
#tesla
Recreating Tesla's Wireless Power Experiments
If you have a thing for Tesla coils (and who doesn't really) you will be interested in this experiment/history lesson about wireless power put on by Omega Recoil at this year's Maker Faire. More » -
#makerfaire2009
Interactivation: When Music Makers and Tesla Coils Collide
On display at Maker Faire 2009, Interactivation is a whimsical, slightly non-sensical cross between a six-way collaborative music machine and a Tesla coil, producing improvised sounds and scientific trickery from the same machine. More » -
#audio
Sweet Songs of Zeus! Geek Anthems Sung By Tesla Coils
Zaps from tesla coils sound like old school synthesizers, so they're the perfect instrument of delivery for 8-bit video game and geek anthems. Plus, lightning. More » -
#geeks
Guy in Chain Mail Faraday Suit Takes Star Wars Tesla Coil Music To the Next Level
If you didn't think Star Wars Tesla Coil music even had multiple levels of greatness, I give you this: a guy conducting the Imperial March with Palpatine zaps from his fingers. More » -
#toys
Custom Dunny Toy Has a Plasma Globe Built Into its Head
Artist Dustin Cantrell took Kidrobot's classic Dunny toy and fused it together with a novelty favorite: the Tesla-inspired Plasma Globe. But even crazier, he's letting ToyCyte give one of these amazing creations away for free. More » -
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#pic
Tesla Christmas Tree Makes Festivity Scary Again
Tis the season to build repurpose crazy electrical contraptions for a little merriment. From Peter Terren, the same crazy Aussie who brought you hits like the Tesla "Eye of Sauron Anti-Theft Device" has now transfigured Tesla coils to a festive Christmas tree shape. The trick was pulled off by building a frame (held together with wire and fishing line) around a standard Tesla coil to shape the spark pattern. Color was added after through simple color filter projection. So no, no one has invented fabled green electricity. Hit the jump for two more astonishing pics. More »
