Arcattack

Building The World’s First Lightning-Proof MIDI Guitar

2:20PM August 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

The folks of ArcAttack – a crazy group of performers who use singing tesla coils to create incredible melodies – have built a lightning-proof guitar for a performance on America’s Got Talent. They’ve decided to tell us how they constructed the instrument and how it works: More »


Entertainment

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

12:20PM June 4, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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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, too… More »


Playing The Dr Who Theme With Millions Of Volts Of Electricity

10:20AM May 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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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. More »


Create Your Own Tesla Coil Musical With The ArcAttack Emulator

10:40AM November 4, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Gadgets

Gizmodo Gallery: The Final Video

4:45AM October 14, 2009 | Brian Lam

Hey, here’s a final final video from Gizmodo Gallery, which is still on my mind. I wish it was a year round thing! But there’s always Giz Gallery 2010. [Gizmodo Gallery]


ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musos Share Tesla Coil Secrets

4:20AM September 26, 2009 | Adrian Covert

When Nikola Tesla invented his coil in 1891, he probabaly 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. More »