Everyone interested in electronics should build at least one Tesla coil. But be careful. Sure, the high voltage can be dangerous, but the urge to build lots of coils is even worse. [Learnelectronics] ...

Tesla coils are awesome. But if you’ve ever built one, you know how tedious winding the secondary coil is. So [Krux] decided to build a machine to do it for him. He’s currently working on his first ...

Tesla created Tesla coil to make his wireless inventions work. Premieres 10/18 on PBS. Nikola Tesla needed ambient electricity to make his wireless inventions work. So he created the Tesla coil.

Electric current is often magic and mysterious. Before people knew about electricity, many natural phenomena appeared as supernatural events caused by angry gods. Fortunately people today know physics ...

Picture a reclusive man, dripping sweat all night in a dark lab, illuminated only by crackling sparks that leap from enormous machines and cast a purple glow across his face. This is Nikola Tesla, the ...

The "Infinity Coil," the central component of the Dark Age Defense system, is thought to have its origins in Nikola Tesla's work. It's interesting to note that the developer of the Dark Age Defense ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Among his numerous innovations, Nikola Tesla dreamed of creating a way to supply power to the ...

To investigate the electrical realm of high-frequency and high-voltage, Tesla invented an apparatus that pushed the limits of electrical understanding. None of the circuit's typical components were ...

The reverberations of the announcer's amplified voice fade into the darkened auditorium, and the last few cheers from the crowd are cut off by a sizzling buzz. In the center of the stage, awash in ...

The ancient Greek god Zeus was said to be able to throw lightning bolts; Nikola Tesla emulated this with his Tesla coil design on a grand scale. But is this device a great invention, a novelty or just ...

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