November 5, 2011 is the 66th anniversary of the first FM transmission in 1935 from Yonkers, NY, by Carmen “Randy” Runyon W2XAG. On Saturday, a network of Tesla special event ham radio stations will be on the air helping to raise awareness of the effort to purchase the Wardencyffe laboratory and restore it into a science museum.
The thing to have when every other mad scientist on your block is already rocking a Jacob’s ladder.
Sure, you have to ignore the fact that it’s loud, clunky, and chock-full of poisonous metal, but geez…just look at it. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
I was only peripherally interested in high-voltage electronics when I was in school, but if someone had told me I could have an awesome letterhead like this this one, it would have totally changed my career.
The Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio is a crystal radio circuit in a jam-jar. It makes fun spooky sounds by responding to input from several types of electromagnetic sources. This non-powered radio plugs right into the computer sound-in jack, and makes use of audio software for real time sound effects.
Very cool little plasma audio project – if the visual audio correlation here seems vague, check out Timetec’s frequency modulated prototype Plasma Speaker/Tweeter [via] Related: Tesla coil super mario duet Tesla guitar
