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The Best Way To Cook Hot Dogs: by Tesla Coil

Mr.Wilson — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:41:15 EDT

Reminds me of the way Doc Brown made ice tea in Back to the Future Part III for some reason.
And the whole hot dog vendor idea had me wisecracking to myself the protagonist of the future Grand Theft Auto games is going to have a hell of a time learning staying on the road's healthier for him and the car!

Mr.Wilson

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scarbrtj — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:58:50 EDT

@joer14: WHAT?

scarbrtj

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joer14 — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:04:58 EDT

I was there. It was so loud!

joer14

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:06:19 EDT

The taste was SHOCKING!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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reenignE_esreveR — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:24:14 EDT

@Git Em SteveDave: My physics teacher did that demonstration back in high school with a pickle then a hot dog. They conduct electricity for a few seconds, then the contacts char and smoke. The smell was horrific. It cleared the room pretty quickly.

reenignE_esreveR

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tnkgrl — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:18:03 EDT

Here's my Qik video of the same thing: [qik.com]

tnkgrl

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TOWken22 — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:35:46 EDT

Tesla coils are always cool, but I think I was expecting something a bit more dramatic from this video. I was waiting for a Prestige-esque lightning show with a huge bolt streaming across the room cooking the wieners as they thundered across air.

TOWken22

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atomx — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:43:18 EDT

Mmmmm, lightningy!

atomx

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:11:54 EDT

@Rabid Penguin: And I have been cursed by being a man after my time.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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Rabid Penguin — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:48:25 EDT

Tesla was an amazing genius. To bad a lot of his ideas were never realized. He was truly a man before his time.

Rabid Penguin

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TheCyberBob — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:34:28 EDT

@scarbrtj: Wow that was a nerdy pun. lol

TheCyberBob

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Airport_Whiskey — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:15:29 EDT

Why use the power of one toaster oven when you could have the equivalent of hundreds, nay... thousands of them!

Doing the buns might be a little hit-or-miss however.

Airport_Whiskey

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Joseph — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:09:25 EDT

Looks like the issue of wireless power is solved. Now they just need a version so that I can go truly wireless without a battery and still run my laptop.

Joseph

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fastmike — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:48:44 EDT

My George Forman grill does that after washing it in the sink lol

fastmike

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:24:21 EDT

Use pickles. I learned from Mr. Wizard and Omni magazine they glow when electrocuted. I may have also read it in a Penn&Teller book, but I'm supposed to blame the first two.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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bms — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:07:54 EDT

Works alright, but too much uneven cooking for me.

bms

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daspoint — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:48:52 EDT

I'm thinking, FRANKENFURTER.... It's ALIVE !!!

I made a parabola using a sodapop can to cook a hotdog --- You just have to not be in a hurry to eat ( Slowwww Cooking, maybe the can wasn't shiney enough- It did work though) This looks like it's a lot more fun.

Inductive thinking and Capacitive forthought = Tesla
The guy had a magnetic personality.

daspoint

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Bitstuff — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:13:12 EDT

You can make your own tesla coil, you know. Google it.

Bitstuff

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strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:58:25 EDT

@Stacky Botrus:
Pfft.

Cooking with light is for gurlz!

strider_mt2k

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Stacky Botrus — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:54:44 EDT

Stacky Botrus

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Stacky Botrus — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:53:56 EDT

I didn't see any friggin hotdogs.

Do one better - look up hot dog FRESNEL on youtube.

Stacky Botrus

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OMG! Ponies! — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:51:03 EDT

I foresee a bold new future. A future where all hot dog vendors sell hot dogs cooked via Tesla coil.

Imagine - New York City with a giant Tesla coil on every corner, cooking hot dogs. Perhaps with a robot paint gun that shoots mustard onto the hot dogs.

And why limit ourselves to hot dogs. Perhaps the shishkabob "cat-on-a-stick" could be cooked via Tesla coil.

Atomic Mr. Softee trucks that can go for eons playing the jingle thanks to mankind's taming of the atom.

Giant shwarma skewers, powered by electricity, giving direct current goodness to our city's fair citizens while zeppelins pass over head.

Tomorrow's street food - today.

OMG! Ponies!

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strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:35:14 EDT

@FreemanGman:
If you don't do crazy shit like that you don't get Bowie playing you in films.

Now hand me that electrode...

strider_mt2k

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scarbrtj — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:34:55 EDT

Electrons are cool. They're a little negative; but still, pretty cool.

scarbrtj

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FreemanGman — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:30:29 EDT

There are stories of Tesla standing between two coils letting current pass through him. Pretty crazy.

FreemanGman

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strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:29:35 EDT

Wow!
Talk about current events!

I know I wouldn't be able to resist her!

strider_mt2k