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.

you can’t go wrong with a singing Tesla coil. This beats out Jacob’s ladder and most other plasma experiments for sheer mad scientist cred. Have fun out there! Video after the break.

Making plasma from metal vapor is a bit unusual, though, and the sodium experiment is pretty interesting and a fun use of that Tesla coil in your closet.

The inventor came close to accomplishing this when his "mad scientist" experiments with electricity led to his creation of the Tesla coil. The first system that could wirelessly transmit ...

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In fact, in the early decades of radio, most practicable radios utilized Tesla coils in their transmission antennas. Tesla himself used larger or smaller versions of his invention to investigate ...

Inside, was the largest Tesla coil ever built, an electrifying monstrosity 50 feet in diameter. For roughly nine months, the station was alive with experimentation. "He set up an experiment where he ...

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The 20th century visionary competed with Thomas Edison and had a long list of inventions to his name: the Tesla coil, alternating ... all the parts of the experiment. We will be able to perform ...

Noted investor Garry Black has expressed skepticism about the upcoming launch of Tesla Inc.‘s TSLA robotaxi service in Austin, describing it as an “experiment” rather than a market test.