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An Architect Wants To Retrofit This London Power Plant With Tesla Coils

A few weeks ago, the design mag Dezeen reported on a lecture by the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels at the Royal Academy in London. During the lecture, Ingels nonchalantly described a plan to turn an aging power station’s smokestacks into tesla coils—if only London would let him. The Building Battersea Power Station is a landmark…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

All Special Effects In This Music Video Show Off Scientific Concepts

Nigel Stanford’s song Cymatics is named for the study of visible sound vibrations, and we see sound made visible in this music video. In fact, this video is a treasure trove of science, with ferrofluid, Chladni plates, Tesla coils, and a fiery Ruben’s tube. Shahir Daud directed the music video for Cymatics, a track from…

io9 Lauren Davis

Here’s a Drone Flying Between Two Tesla Coils

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you sent a metal-cage-enclosed quadrotor soaring between two Tesla coils? Of course you have. And here lies your answer in all its highly dangerous, lightning-spewing, nightmare-inducing glory. Details on what’s happening are sparse. Who are these men? Why did they set out to recast Powder with drones?…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

When played on Tesla coils, “Dueling Banjos” sounds even more ominous

In the 2072 remake of Deliverance, the vacationing clone of Ned Beatty will have his data cloud unlawful breached by a duo of mutant, retro-obsessed hackers who will demand that he “squeal like a Commodore 64.” Also Burt Reynolds will be reprising his role, as Burt Reynolds is more of an ideal than a man,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

High-Energy Guru Is Building the World’s Biggest Tesla Coils

You don’t have a Tesla coil? And you call yourself a mad scientist. You should take a lesson from electrical engineer Greg Leyh and build yourself a pair of 118-footers. That’ll show those fools who laughed at you in evil medical school, that will show them all!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!! *Lightning Crash* A Tesla coil is, essentially,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Proof that Tesla coils make for dapper hats

This is MIT student Tyler Christensen’s Tesla coil hat, which — in the name of sheer comedy — he programmed to play the theme from Mortal Kombat (recently) and Harry Potter. Sadly, strapping a Tesla coil to one’s head isn’t always the best idea — the hat blew up before he could show it off…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Can You Imagine This 10-Story-High Lightning Machine That Covers An Entire Football Field?

Insane. There’s no other adjective that can describe this mad project. A mad project that is perfectly doable: two 10-story Tesla Coil towers separated by 260 feet. They will be capable of unleashing the energy of natural lightnings. The Lightning Foundry is a project to re-create super-long discharge effects normally found only in lightning. Two…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

If Tesla coils appeared in the Matrix, they’d look like this

Everyone loves a Tesla coil. Photographer Rob Flickenger is such an aficionado that he photographed one blazing à la “bullet time” from The Matrix. 100+ Tesla coils blasting in the background of every other scene would’ve improved the sequels immensely. See also: the Doctor Who Tesla coils. https://gizmodo.com/see-a-mythbuster-cage-dance-to-the-dr-who-theme-while-5804566 [Via Hack A Day]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, the Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

You can use tesla coils to play pretty much any song, whether it’s the Mario Bros or Doctor Who themetunes. You can even play Poker Face, as this video demonstrates. https://gizmodo.com/tesla-coils-playing-the-mario-bros-theme-are-unsurprisi-319384 If you don’t happen to have a pair of tesla coils knocking about in your shed though, you should head over to the Masonic…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

See a Mythbuster cage dance to the Dr. Who theme while being blasted by Tesla coils

At the 2011 Bay Area Maker Faire, Adam Savage of Mythbusters teamed up with Tesla coil musical troupe ArcAttack for some freestyle cage dancing. This is definitely one of those “Don’t Try This At Home” moments. Here’s the show from another angle and a description of how ArcAttack’s live performance works: Two custom engineered hand…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Kinect Hack Puts Supervillan Electricity At Your Fingertips

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 you’re already rocking.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Mad Scientist Hall Of Fame: Nikola Tesla!

As we end Mad Science Week here at io9, here’s an excerpt from The Mad Scientist Hall Of Fame by Daniel H. Wilson and Anna C. Long, focusing on Nikola Tesla, the Electrical Genius. Test your Tesla knowledge! Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) Nationality: Serbian-American Primary Goals: Free electricity; germ-free society Hair: Parted, greased Number…

io9 Daniel H. Wilson and Anna C. Long

Playing the Dr. Who Theme With Millions of Volts of Electricity

ArcAttack graced us with their musical Tesla coils—and an entertaining interview—at last year’s Gizmodo Gallery. And as impressed as we were with their performance then, I’m downright giddy that they’ve added the Dr. Who theme to their repertoire. https://gizmodo.com/arcattack-lightning-proof-musicians-share-their-tesla-5367329 This recent performance from Maker Faire combines so many of my favorite things: glowing mesh suits,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Playing the Doctor Who theme with lightning. LIGHTNING!

Two Tesla coils, a Faraday suit, and 500,000 volts of electricity are all that ArcAttack needed to stage a positively shocking performance of the Who theme at the Bay Area Maker Faire. [Topless Robot]

io9 Marc Bernardin

This Tesla Coil Christmas Tree Could Kill You

I hope Santa’s careful around Peter Terren’s Christmas tree, because it’s a Tesla coil with some color filters set up to make all the sparks, zaps, and electric arcs look oh-so-pretty. Yes, it’s oh-so-pretty and oh-so-potentially-deadly. This isn’t the first time that Terren has made a Tesla coil Christmas tree, nor do I think it…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

This May Be the Craziest Tesla Coil Video Yet

This video has it all: tesla coils! The Zelda theme song! Lightsabers! Balloons that explode in flame! A pretty serious mustache! It doesn’t get much better than this. [YouTube via Geekologie]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Create Your Own Tesla Coil Musical With the ArcAttack Emulator

If you visited the Giz Gallery this year, you might have witnessed the electrifying (and slightly terrifying) musical spectacle that is ArcAttack. Well, now they have an emulator on their website that allows you to make music of your own. https://gizmodo.com/arcattack-lightning-proof-musicians-share-their-tesla-5367329 Of course, you may not be able to play something as complex as the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musicians Share Their Tesla Coil Secrets

When Nikola Tesla invented his coil in 1891, he probably never imagined the ominous structures taking the place of the violin or French horn. But with time, anything’s possible. Music trio ArcAttack adds its own spin to Tesla’s dream machine. https://gizmodo.com/at-gizmodo-gallery-09-singing-tesla-coils-5362854 We gather around the group in a circle, about 8 or 10 feet away…

Tech News Adrian Covert

At Gizmodo Gallery 09: Singing Tesla Coils

Don’t pretend like you’re too cool for lightning. Especially lightning that makes music. This is why you’ll want to hop the first train out to Giz Gallery ’09 and check out the mindblowing singing Tesla coils we’ll have on display. https://gizmodo.com/sweet-songs-of-zeus-geek-anthems-sung-by-tesla-coils-5186409/ ArcAttack is the six man crew who makes this technological spectacle possible, and in…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Lightning On Demand – With Drinks!

Greg Leyh spends his time proving lightning can indeed strike in the same place twice. Now, Leyh is planning to tackle the Zeusian task of creating a facility that can create lighting strikes on command – and serve cocktails. Less than an hour outside the glittering cesspool of Las Vegas, sits the future site of…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams

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An Architect Wants To Retrofit This London Power Plant With Tesla Coils

All Special Effects In This Music Video Show Off Scientific Concepts

Here’s a Drone Flying Between Two Tesla Coils

When played on Tesla coils, “Dueling Banjos” sounds even more ominous

High-Energy Guru Is Building the World’s Biggest Tesla Coils

Proof that Tesla coils make for dapper hats

Can You Imagine This 10-Story-High Lightning Machine That Covers An Entire Football Field?

If Tesla coils appeared in the Matrix, they’d look like this

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, the Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

See a Mythbuster cage dance to the Dr. Who theme while being blasted by Tesla coils

This Kinect Hack Puts Supervillan Electricity At Your Fingertips

The Mad Scientist Hall Of Fame: Nikola Tesla!

Playing the Dr. Who Theme With Millions of Volts of Electricity

Playing the Doctor Who theme with lightning. LIGHTNING!

This Tesla Coil Christmas Tree Could Kill You

This May Be the Craziest Tesla Coil Video Yet

Create Your Own Tesla Coil Musical With the ArcAttack Emulator

ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musicians Share Their Tesla Coil Secrets

At Gizmodo Gallery 09: Singing Tesla Coils

Lightning On Demand – With Drinks!

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