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Happy 154th birthday, Nikola Tesla!

Happy birthday, you death-ray-inventing, no-sex-having, alternate-current-pioneering, been-dead-for-67-years mad genius. In lieu of presents, we offer you this fine song. срећан рођендан, Никола Тесла.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A Brief History of Tesla and the AC/DC Wars

Today is inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla’s 154th birthday. To celebrate, someone made this gushing video overview of Tesla’s life, including a lengthy digression on how Thomas Edison was a “jerk.” Is this, I wonder, our very first Tesla fanboy? [Reddit]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Tesla’s Roadster 2.5 Electric Car Now Has a Touchscreen and Rear Video Camera

Over-hyped and over-priced it may be, you’ve got to smile at Tesla upgrading its lusted-after electric Roadster car with iPod/iPhone compatibility and a 7-inch touchscreen, which is supported by a rear camera for parking problems. The look and feel of the car has been redesigned too, with new air-intake vents, alloy wheels and comfier seats.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

ArcAttack: America’s Next Pop Sensation? Or Mainstream Music Machine Victim?

A study in incongruity: ArcAttack, the Tesla-coil playing musical act adored by geeks everywhere, rocking out for Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel, and That British Guy Who Isn’t Simon Cowell on America’s Got Talent. But something else is amiss… The musical Tesla coils around which the entire act is based? America’s Got Talent silenced them! For…

Television Kyle VanHemert

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

What Is This?

A mock-up of a weapon from Bioshock 3? A radioactive steampunk fish tank? The glowing engine of a recovered Area 51 spaceship? The answer may shock you. Actually, it almost certainly will. What we have here is a mercury arc valve rectifier, a device that became prominent in the 1920s and 1930s for converting alternating…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Drunk History: Nikola Tesla, the Electric Jesus

We’re big fans of Nikola Tesla around these parts, which is why I’m so pleasantly shocked that he’s gotten his very own hilarious Drunk History treatment. And hey, it’s actually pretty accurate! So many things here to love: Crispin Glover as a jerk Thomas Edison, John C. Reilly as Tesla, and a grown man vomiting…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Nikola’s Letterhead (And How Tesla Won the War of the Currents)

This was Nikola Tesla’s letterhead. It reminded us that along with the often overlooked little things which change our lives, we need the loud, filthy, slaughter-filled battles just as much. Like the dirty War of the Currents. Just in case you’re not familiar with the War of Currents—one of my favorite messes in the history…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Tesla Tornado Christmas Tree

This instructables is slightly too late for Christmas, but it’s so damn cool that you’ll want to start your project now. Basically, you take a Tesla Pump (yeah, that Tesla), and use it to swirl liquids around in a pipe. It’s no easy project, since if you want to do it the way shown, you’ll…

Tech News Jason Chen

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

Build The Spirit Radio That Creeped Out Tesla Himself

Tesla’s Spirit Radio uses a simple crystal radio circuit connected to a computer sound-in jack to generate spooky sounds from all kinds of electromagnetic sources. As you will see, it creeped the hell out of Tesla himself. “My first observations positively terrified me as there was present in them something mysterious, not to say supernatural,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

So Long Roadster, Hello Shaggin’ Wagon: Tesla Vans Coming Soon

In addition to making electric roadsters, Tesla is also planning on making electric minivans, cross-over utility vehicles and vans, at least according to VP Diarmuid O’Connell. He doesn’t give any specifics, but it sounds good to me. [AutoBlog via Engadget]

Tech News Adam Frucci

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

DIY Tesla Turbine Pencil Sharpener Is Pointlessly Dangerous

Using a CD jewel case, some magnets and a 12-volt air compressor, you can build an elaborate Tesla turbine sharpener for pencils you probably don’t even use. Oh, did I mention it could kill you? Indeed, the instructions point out that a strong enclosure is required just in case the whole damn thing explodes in…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Tesla Motors Generates Profit For First Time Ever

Don’t look now but the stumbling Tesla Motors, the electric car company recently on the receiving end of a $465 million government loan, has turned a profit for the first time in its six-year history. The numbers broke down to about $20 million in revenue and $1 million in profit. That $465 million is set…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!

Nikola Tesla, the granddaddy of electricity, was born on this day way back in 1856. If only he were alive to see what kind of goofy crap we were doing with his namesake coils! People love cheating death by standing right under some Tesla Coils going crazy, protecting themselves in Faraday Cages. https://gizmodo.com/strangely-the-man-in-this-electrifying-photo-is-not-de-5218553 They also…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Solar-Powered County Fair Makes So Much Sense

This year’s Marin County fair in northern California took its environmental theme seriously. A huge photovoltaic setup provided about 40% of the fair’s energy with clean solar power—and a solar-powered county fair makes perfect sense. Think about it: The only time you’d go to a fair (and not be miserable) is during a sunny summer’s…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Would a Sub $10,000 Zero-Emissions Car Be The Greatest Consumer Gadget Ever?

Speaking at the Wired Business Conference in NYC, Shai Agassi, the founder of green transportation company Better Place, made a bold statement about near-future electric cars: From WiredBiz’s twitter feed: A sub $10,000, zero-emissions car will be the most desirable consumer electronics device in history. Apparently, the quote came up while discussing Tesla with founder…

Tech News Sean Fallon

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. During the presentation, they provide some background on Nikola Tesla’s experiments and attempt to recreate them by powering a light bulb wirelessly…

Tech News Sean Fallon

New Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Last 3 Times Longer Than Lithium-Ion

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that, thanks to nanotechnology, is capable of 3 times the power of lithium-ion batteries with equal volume while remaining both lighter and cheaper to produce. Long-distance electric cars, anyone? The different atomic structure of the battery and knowledge of nanotechnology are what make this…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Happy 154th birthday, Nikola Tesla!

A Brief History of Tesla and the AC/DC Wars

Tesla’s Roadster 2.5 Electric Car Now Has a Touchscreen and Rear Video Camera

ArcAttack: America’s Next Pop Sensation? Or Mainstream Music Machine Victim?

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

What Is This?

Drunk History: Nikola Tesla, the Electric Jesus

Nikola’s Letterhead (And How Tesla Won the War of the Currents)

A Tesla Tornado Christmas Tree

Create Your Own Tesla Coil Musical With the ArcAttack Emulator

Build The Spirit Radio That Creeped Out Tesla Himself

So Long Roadster, Hello Shaggin’ Wagon: Tesla Vans Coming Soon

ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musicians Share Their Tesla Coil Secrets

DIY Tesla Turbine Pencil Sharpener Is Pointlessly Dangerous

Tesla Motors Generates Profit For First Time Ever

Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!

Solar-Powered County Fair Makes So Much Sense

Would a Sub $10,000 Zero-Emissions Car Be The Greatest Consumer Gadget Ever?

Recreating Tesla’s Wireless Power Experiments

New Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Last 3 Times Longer Than Lithium-Ion

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