November 8, 2007

buzz lightning

Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros :: gizmodo explains that there are no speakers involved :: the tones are generated by the coils themselves (submitted by Brendan)

Posted by zefrank at November 8, 2007 10:00 AM

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Can any sportsracers with a physics background explain how this works? Namely, how they can get such a controlled pitch. I've seen other videos of Tesla coils that produce only randomly static sounds.

Posted by: Tracy at November 8, 2007 11:07 AM

That's so awesome. Forget practicing the guitar, I need to learn how to play lightning!

Posted by: Jaime at November 8, 2007 1:30 PM

I dug a little deeper into how it works here:
http://www.psoplayer.com/2007/11/07/musical-tesla-coils/
Follow the link through to the Wikipedia article for more detail.

Posted by: psoplayer at November 8, 2007 8:36 PM


Ads Via The Deck		« mixed ending \| Main \| layer tennis » November 8, 2007 buzz lightning Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros :: gizmodo explains that there are no speakers involved :: the tones are generated by the coils themselves (submitted by Brendan) Posted by zefrank at November 8, 2007 10:00 AM Comments (3) Can any sportsracers with a physics background explain how this works? Namely, how they can get such a controlled pitch. I've seen other videos of Tesla coils that produce only randomly static sounds. Posted by: Tracy at November 8, 2007 11:07 AM That's so awesome. Forget practicing the guitar, I need to learn how to play lightning! Posted by: Jaime at November 8, 2007 1:30 PM I dug a little deeper into how it works here: http://www.psoplayer.com/2007/11/07/musical-tesla-coils/ Follow the link through to the Wikipedia article for more detail. Posted by: psoplayer at November 8, 2007 8:36 PM Post a comment Name: Email Address: (required) URL: Remember Me? YesNo Comments: