I spent the last six weeks making my first CNC project: a 40 Watt CO2 laser! It was based on Barton Dring’s design at http://www.buildlog.net/cnc_laser/ and made with MakerSlide. It’s still a wor…

Staci Elaan is an electrical engineer who has been making Tesla guns since 2006. Her sixth generation MK6-18V is a battery powered, solid state piece of badass kit: In the course of building my Tesla …

Santa brought me an early present this year: Discovery Canada (the same folks that covered the quarter shrinker a while back) did a very nice segment on the Tesla Gun. <img decoding=”async” lo…

Popular Science has published the online version of the print article on the Tesla Gun! It includes a quick (and very geek-tastic) interview with yours truly.

They Rectify! Amplify! Generate! Control! And Transform Light to Electricity and Back Again! They’re Winning The War!

I’ll be at Seattle Maker Faire today at 3:45 to show off the Tesla Gun. Hope to see you there! <img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-826” title&…

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