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Shrinking on battery power

July 23, 2016

Remember the hockey puck of doom that powers the Tesla Gun? It’s a ZVS driver (also called a Royer oscillator) that…

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electricity, physics

The Quarter Shrinker returns

July 21, 2016

Back in 2009, I was one of several folks that built the coin shrinker at Hackerbot Labs.  After several hundred firings…

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science

The SEM has arrived. So it begins.

August 14, 2014

Big thanks to everyone who helped me lug this beast into the shop last night. For something called a “microscope”,…

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propaganda

PopSci feature: with video!

September 29, 2012

Popular Science has published the online version of the print article on the Tesla Gun! It includes a quick (and…

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electricity, propaganda

DIY Backyard Genius

August 18, 2012

The Tesla Gun was chosen to be the opening project of the 2012 Popular Mechanics DIY Backyard Genius awards! PopMech hasn’t updated…

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electricity

Tesla Gun video

May 13, 2012

Ask, and ye shall receive lightning. For best results, choose 720p. Enjoy!

electricity

The Tesla Gun

May 9, 2012

The year was 1889. The War of the Currents was well underway. At stake: the future of electrical power distribution…

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electricity, events

Talk at Ada’s: The Tesla gun

January 14, 2012

I gave another talk at Ada’s Technical Books: this time about the (nearly completed) Tesla gun. The audio isn’t perfect,…

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electricity

Happy HV Holidays!

December 25, 2011

To celebrate the season this year, I got together with some friends to make gingerbread houses. My contribution: Gingerbread Wardenclyffe,…

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electricity, materials

Porcelain HV switch

November 5, 2011

After tragically melting my previous HV switch, and given that a 15kV multi-ampere switch isn’t exactly something you find at…

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