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Musical Tesla Coils Perform Zelda

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nerds-with-time dept.

heychris writes "You've gotta love the Chicago Tribune's story on Tesla Coil hobbyists from the first sentence. 'Under a starry Saturday sky behind a Lake Zurich warehouse, three men unload a small flamethrower, electric cabling, neon-tube "light sabers," about 80 pounds of chain mail and two 7-foot devices that look like monster-movie props.' So what does one do with 1.6 million volts and a Tesla coil or two? Play 110dB music, of course."

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  1. Dr. Zeus killed the LHC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for knocking the LHC offline AGAIN!

    1. Re:Dr. Zeus killed the LHC by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Knock knock knocking on Hadron's door.

      --
      God spoke to me.
    2. Re:Dr. Zeus killed the LHC by Cryacin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Knock knock knocking on Hadron's door.

      Thank god you're not dyslexic.

      --
      Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
  2. Re:Saw this by Firemouth · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... including people using such devices as guitar amplifiers.

    Would that be an electric guitar?

    Oh man that's a knee slapper!

  3. well by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not play Tesla instead?

  4. The bass response really sucks... by Kazoo+the+Clown · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I could do without breathing in all that ozone...