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11/07/2007

VIDEO: Twin Tesla Coils Play Mario Bros. Theme

In this clip, "the music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating -- there are no speakers involved." Video after the break. Here's how it works:

The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it responds to by playing notes that are programed into the computer software
[via Gizmodo]

This entry was posted on 11/07/2007 00:12am and is filed under Random, Science .
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cool !!! awsome!!! xD
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I found all of the people taking flash pictures of the performance particularly amusing.
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The curse of consumer digicams...sometimes you can't (easily) switch of the flash...
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