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Wired.com talks to ArcAttack about being a Tesla-powered band

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 11, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 14:23
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Check out ArcAttack's musical Tesla-coil performance at Maker Faire 2010.  'Pitch of spark'?  Outstanding!   Why don't they die?   For the same reason Tesla didn't and you don't if lightning hits your car - Faraday.

H/T Andrea Kuszewsky

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