Thursday, February 21, 2008

Musical Tesla Coil Of Doom - Sings The Super Mario Tune



Who could forget the sight of Soviet's Tesla Coil zapping Allied Paratroopers in the old Command and Conquer.

And apparently, you can make a Tesla Coil sing too. What better song to pick than the Super Mario tune!




Basically, a Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. The same guy who kicked Edison's butt in AC vs DC War Of Current.

And to make it sing, you will need large valve tubes to resonate the coil and amplitude modulate it. Modulating the high-voltage sparks is downright difficult, which makes the rig in the video simply awesome.

Since it involves fiddling with extremely high-voltage, people could die. Therefore, your neighbors and TNB won't be happy if you build one of these in your backyard. Which makes it even more cooler.

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