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. That’ll show those fools who laughed at you in mad medical school, that will show them all!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!! *Lightning Crash* More »
Insane. There’s no other adjective that can describe this mad project. A mad project that is perfectly doable: two 3m Tesla Coil towers separated by 80m. They will be capable of unleashing the energy of natural lightnings. More »
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. More »
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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 »
This video has it all: Tesla coils! The Zelda theme song! Light sabres! Balloons that explode in flame! A pretty serious moustache! It doesn’t get much better than this. More »
Don’t pretend like you’re too cool for lightning. Especially lightning that makes music. More »
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.
