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more about #electricity Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: "a combination of attractive and repulsive lights" When I read this, all I could think was "disco ball". more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Word Nerd here: watch out for silicon vs. silicone. Silicon is the element semiconductor chips are made out of. Silicone is a caulking-like syntheti... more » Truthseeker_Young: um, wait, are they generating the split-infrared beam without electricity, too? Because right now, it sounds like they're saying "SEE?!? With only t... more » 92BuickLeSabre: This nano-stuff is so confusing. If only there were some kind of video to help explain it to me. more » phoenix: Aw - that's a shame. We owe a lot to Tesla, and not just the whole mad scientist-ness that came out of his later years. more » BadUncle: The Boston museum of (natural history? Science? whatever) claims to have the world's largest Tesla coil. It looks like an enormous metal scrotum. I wo... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: That tower will never be demolished. Every time someone gets near, there's a *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAP* and a comically shrieking little man waving his a... more » Kpibca: Oh crap, if the guys from R.O.A.C.H. find out about this they'll be scavenging doomsday devices before you can say "secret volcano hideout". more » MillerKabobbing: the article mentions Guglielmo Marconi as the inventor of radio, but fails to mention that the supreme court later upheld tesla's original patent on r... more » hewkii9: I'm sure that Nikola Telsa is rolling in his grave right now. And Nikola Tesla might be too. more » Grand_Marquis: Resulting Headline: Historical Tesla Tower Demolished; Thousands of Paranoid Delusionals Remove Tinfoil Hats In Celebration, Mysteriously cured. more » -
#miniaturelight
Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
Your iPod nano may today rely on electrical power (until its battery dies), but future nanodevices might be powered strictly by a combination of attractive and repulsive lights. More » -
#madsciencehistory
Tesla's Mystery Tower On The Brink Of Being Demolished
In 1901, inventor Nikola Tesla built an 18-story tower on New York's Long Island, promising that it would deliver electricity wirelessly to the world. Now that mysterious tower and his lab may be destroyed. More » -
#retroscience
Don't Pee On That. Seriously.
Freelance geek Bre Pettis has uploaded some hilarious illustrations from a 1931 German book called Electrocution in 132 Pictures. But was this scientific manual really just an excuse to look at naughty pictures? -
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#madecology
Electrified Coral Reef in Bali
That trellis you see in this picture is made of electrical cables, and it's covered in thriving coral. Apparently low-wattage energy emissions attract limestone, which is the basis for coral growth. Now countries like Bali (where this picture was taken on Wednesday) are setting up electrical grids to regrow their dying reefs. [Seattle Times]
