Homemade Lightning

This is the coolest thing. We had a story about Tesla coils on the news last night. A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. He used these coils to perform many electrical experiments.

In fact, you use many of Tesla's "experiments" today. There's fluorescent lighting, alternating current used in your car, and the coil is still used in radio and television sets and other electronic equipment.

This guy in Oklahoma has created a giant Tesla coil and creates a lightning storm in his backyard every night. This guy is insane!



Now, here's a crazy guy who rigged a Tesla coil up to his MIDI keyboard. He obviously has way too much time on his hands.