tesla coils

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Music

ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musos Share Tesla Coil Secrets

4:20AM 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 »
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Music

At Gizmodo Gallery 09: Singing Tesla Coils

5:57AM Adrian Covert | Don’t pretend like you’re too cool for lightning. Especially lightning that makes music. More »
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Science

Strangely, The Man In This Electrifying Photo Is Not Dead Today

5:00AM Jack Loftus | Meet Peter Terren. Inspired by the The Thinker, he set out to recreate that classic sculpture using electricity, wire caging, a conductive foil suit, and a death wish. Can’t forget the death wish. More »
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Games

Sweet Songs of Zeus! Geek Anthems Sung By Tesla Coils

10:20AM Brian Lam | Zaps from tesla coils sound like old school synthesisers, so they’re the perfect instrument of delivery for 8-bit video game and geek anthems. Plus, lightning. More »
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Science

Guy in Chain Mail Faraday Suit Takes Star Wars Tesla Coil Music To the Next Level

12:50AM John Mahoney | 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. More »
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Science

Best Tesla Coils Music Use Ever Will Make the Emperor Happy

5:20AM Jesus Diaz | We have featured tesla coils music before but, if there’s a music piece these things were created for, that has to be the Imperial March. Someone put Luke in between those, please. [Star Wars Blog] More »
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Entertainment

Electric Guitar Played Through a Tesla Coil for Added Metal

4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | 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!] More »
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Science

The Best Way To Cook Hot Dogs: by Tesla Coil

7:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | The most exiting way to cook hot dogs: connect a chain of 12 hotdogs up and send bolts of multi-thousand volt electricity through them. Awesome, and all thanks to the Nevada Lightning Lab and their 10-foot Tesla coil at Maker Faire ‘08. And amazingly, the coil they used is just a prototype for a 122-foot version they want to build for lightning experiments. Imagine the light show and cookability you’d get from that! [Lightning Lab via Oh Gizmo] More »
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