A while back, I took some photos of my spark gap Tesla coil running. Although I did get some nice…
electricity
Charged particles.
DIY scanning electron microscope
March 23, 2011Check out this amazing SEM build. It’s beautifully made and well filmed. Can’t wait for the follow-up posts!
Lightning
February 13, 2011I finally got around to taking a few photos of my spark gap Tesla coil in action. It smelled like…
Plasma ball ornaments
December 24, 2010Caroline Wurden of Los Alamos High School demonstrates making ball lightning in her garage. As Focus Fusion points out, the results…
HOWTO grow your own snowflakes
December 22, 2010This fun HOWTO from Caltech shows you how to grow your own snowflakes at home with a coke bottle, a…
Kink instability
November 13, 2010Who knew that studying plasma physics could be so stimulating?
Trigatrons are in!
October 18, 2010My trigatrons have finally arrived. According to the datasheet, they’ll switch about 160 kW at up to 10 kV (7.2…
Talk at Ada’s Technical: success!
September 19, 2010The talk went very well. There was much animated discussion, and electrical zapping was had by all. Thank you Ada’s…
Speaking at Ada’s Technical Books this Sunday!
September 16, 2010I’m very excited to be speaking at Ada’s Technical Books on Capitol Hill this Sunday 9/19, from 4:00-6:00pm. I’ll show…
Bussard on polywell fusion
September 12, 2010Here is the classic Google Tech Talk from Robert Bussard (yes, the ramjet guy). In it he talks about a…