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is there a section just on Tesla?..  



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/tesla-coil-plays-sail-_n_4159287.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

WATCH: Musical Tesla Coil Plays 'Sail' by Awolnation
The Huffington Post  |  By Sarah Barness Posted: 10/25/2013 11:10 am EDT




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3D_uG2ET2s


The tesla coil is transitioning from the lab to the stage.

Nikola Tesla's invention  http://www.teslasociety.com/teslacoil.htm

was meant to create high voltage, high frequency alternating-current electricity.

At the 2013 Kansas City Maker Faire, http://www.makerfairekc.com/

however, someone decided to have a bit more fun with the tesla coil, and use it to create music.

Watch what happens when HighVoltageFeathers uses an audio-modulated Dual Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil (DRSSTC) to play "Sail," by Awolnation.

According to the creator, this instrument pulled around 2 kilowatts, which is no more energy than a couple of running microwaves would use!

The machine puts out hundreds of sparks per second, which work like a sound wave. http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2007/11/musical-tesla-coils.html

Changing the frequency of the sparks, changes the waves and consequently creates a different note.


also at link.. an aol vid that can't be moved

i don't know why i find these things or why folks send them to me..maybe so i can be en-lightened..lol
anyway.. thought you tech geeks would enjoy this





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrqdW4Miao

Tesla Coils, Sound and The Dr Who...

Ofc we love it Otter LOL

It was a woman that realized that tune though and it's nice to see Delia get recognition these days.   ;)

BBC celebrates Doctor Who's musical genius

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-celebrates-doctor-whos-musical-genius-8498149.html

Full 7 part series of Delia Here on Youtube which is well worth watching not only for sound but seeing a woman kick butt in her field amongst a sausage fest

Sculptress of Sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA6Fb0nuAYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7McCU7oNwQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvxeSE_4Obo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-e_TCqb4qQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFTMYjBHt8o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwj5x9PukhU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVY8LFSHpiE

Uploaded on Oct 15, 2011

House of The Rising Sun played on Steve Caton's and Eric Goodchild's 7-foot-tall Musical Tesla Coils.

This was the first time the coils have ever been run together. It was a marvelous first test.

These are two gigantic solid state musical Tesla Coils. A Tesla Coil is a special type of transformer invented by Nikola Tesla that is able to generating extremely large voltages using a phenomenon known as electrical resonance. Each coil in this video is capable of generating a 13 foot spark.

This equates to about 500,000 volts of electricity.

The primary drive system for the coils consists of high power semiconductors arranged into an H-Bridge switching configuration. During a spark event, the coil is pulsed on for a few hundred millionths of a second. During this short time, thousands of amps circulate within the primary tank circuit and the energy is coupled into the secondary resonator through magnetism.

So what appears to be a continuous burst of sparks is actually a specific number of sparks generated per second. By modulating the number of sparks that emit from the coil each second, different tones can be produced by the coils.

These coils were constructed by Eric Goodchild and Steven Caton.

Eric Goodchild is currently an EE student at ASU Polytechnic.
His personal website is: http://www.goodchildengineering.net/

Steven Caton is currently an EE student at UCLA
His personal website is: http://stevencaton.com/