Nikola Tesla - The Tesla Coil. To investigate the electrical realm of high-frequency and high-voltage, Tesla invented an apparatus that pushed the limits of electrical understanding.

The Tesla coil requires one more thing: a capacitor to store charge and fire it all in one huge spark. The circuit of the coil contains a capacitor and a small hole called a spark gap. When the coil ...

Explore the power of wireless energy as you build your own ‘baby Tesla coil’ (or Slayer Exciter) using Lego Technic! This experiment may not be a traditional spark-gap Tesla coil, but it ...

Tesla coils are beautiful examples of high voltage hardware, throwing sparks and teaching us about all kinds of fancy phenomena. They can also be quite intimidating to build. [William Fraser], howe… ...

The Tesla coil, invented by Nikola ... The robot boat that Tesla created for the Electrical Exhibition of 1898 at Madison Square Garden was not just a demonstration of the power of remote-control ...

Edison and Tesla's cutthroat 'Current War' ushered in the electric age. A technological battle burned hot between these two geniuses and their competing visions for the future of electricity.