What do you do when you find a 5 kW transmitting tube in your local electronics store? If you are [TannerTech], you build a vacuum tube tesla coil. This isn’t the usual little wimpy coil, but a big ...

This “pancake” inductor wound with copper tubing forms the primary of the Tesla coil. The heavy black wire connects to an adjustable “tap” that allows tuning of the primary circuit. The elevated ...

The London Hackspace crew was having a tough time getting their Kinect demos running at Makefair 2011. While at the pub they had the idea of combining forces with Brightarcs Tesla coils and produced ...

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 ...

An oversized Tesla coil is a movie and a photograph which are blowing out lightning violently. The Tesla coil is also big, so the lightning is also getting thick. If you are doing such experiments in ...

My fondest Tesla coil memories began as wee tod playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert. I would build chains of these things to fry every oncoming Russian infantry unit. Here’s a handy step-by-step ...

In 1891, Nikola Tesla built a machine that could fire bolts of electricity through the air. His Tesla Coil became a symbol of wireless power—and raw electrical beauty. King vulture chick raised with ...

SAN DIEGO — If you've ever dreamed of wearing a high-voltage suit and throwing Tesla lightning bolts this story is for you. In this Zevely Zone, I visited the Encore Event Center to preview a party ...

We’ve gone full-nerd with high-voltage experimentation—bringing together a laser bazooka and a Tesla coil gun to see which one delivers the biggest zap. Watch live demos, safety breakdowns, beam ...