Carbon nanotubes have gotten fanfare for rebooting Moore's Law and possibly powering the next generation of space probes, but that's not all the versatile material can do. How about shocking nanotubes ...

DIY hacking has given us some great things -- a Raspberry Pi turned mini Super Nintendo, a Kinect sensor turned 3D archaeological scanner. But now, US basement hacker Rob Flickenger has given us ...

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 ...

Using optical wavelengths rather than RF is bringing the long-sought goal of transmitting useful power levels closer to ...

For several years now we’ve been following [Jay Bowles] as he brings high-voltage down to Earth on his Plasma Channel YouTube channel. From spark gaps made of bits of copper pipe to automotive ...

MARTINEZ — Sparks might fly at a Tesla coil electricity, light and music exhibition at the Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater this Saturday, if two teens get a green light from city staff following a ...

[Zach Armstrong] presents for your viewing pleasure a simple guide to building a solid-state Tesla coil. The design is based around a self-resonant setup using the UCC2742x gate driver IC, which is ...

Inspired by the graphic novel "Five Fists of Science" -- and perhaps encouraged by the plucky MIT student who made his own Tesla coil hat and survived -- a DIYer named Rob designed a Tesla coil gun, ...

Calling all Tesla fans! Electrical engineer Greg Leyh and his team at the Lightning on Demand organization (LOD) in California are raising the funds necessary to build the world's largest twin Tesla ...

An Australian man who describes himself as "a 50-something year old first year uni physics dropout" has an unusual hobby - he makes lightning in his shed. The image above is called The Modern Thinker ...

Tesla coils are totally insane, yet undeniably captivating. And they can be used for many things, from electric painting to dueling musical battles. But one trigger happy fellow has a different use ...

An Australian man who describes himself as "a 50-something year old first year uni physics dropout" has an unusual hobby - he makes lightning in his shed. The image above is called The Modern Thinker ...