yxz Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating. There are no speakers involved. The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it responds to by playing notes that are programed into the computer software. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 2, 2009 Member Share Posted December 2, 2009 Woah... removing the 'guitar' from 'Electric Guitar' Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad. Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 holy mother of baby jesus. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Gotta love bored electrical and computer engineering majors. Built tesla coils in college, but never did anything like that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudnartim Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Neat Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liana Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Wow! That's really neat...but doesn't it take a lot of energy to power two tesla coils that size? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 meh would have been epic if they played the hell march. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxz Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Wow! That's really neat...but doesn't it take a lot of energy to power two tesla coils that size? 24KW Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liana Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 24KW That was really specific! Thank you :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Majesticmerc MVC Posted December 2, 2009 MVC Share Posted December 2, 2009 meh would have been epic if they played the hell march. I was thinking the same thing! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I like Tesla :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 This is how you use Tesla. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591921994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asharae Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Wow! That's really neat...but doesn't it take a lot of energy to power two tesla coils that size? It actually needs 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!! :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591922042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 This is how you use Tesla. First pic is great. All your defenses against his ore collector :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591925148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 well that was my harvester. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591925176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 3, 2009 Member Share Posted December 3, 2009 It actually needs 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!! :p Nah because then we couldn't hear it as it would be in 1955! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591925186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackdoom Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 That's amazing!!! :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591925248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 3, 2009 MVC Share Posted December 3, 2009 Would have been so much cooler if it would have played Gusty Garden Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/851420-video-tesla-coils-playing-mario-bros/#findComment-591925924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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