Two things that are always cool: Tesla coils and Nerf guns. One thing that's cooler than those two things: a freaking Tesla coil Nerf gun. That's right. Rob Flickenger converted a Nerf gun into a handheld Tesla coil. Freaking. Sweet.

When you've got hacked Kinect and two Tesla coils at your disposal, you're just an evil cackle away from being a fully credentialed evil genius. The 50Hz-200Hz coils here have been rigged to respond to your (sinister) hand movements, giving you the illusion of pure madness. Or just nicely accentuates the madness…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Japanese guitarist Merce Death set up his Tesla coil to output the frequencies of his electric guitar so even the wussiest John Mayer song would sound badass. He busts out a little 'Sweet Child O' Mine' at 1:05, but alas, not a hint of 'Your Body is a Wonderland.' [OYKOT, thanks John!]