Small Tesla coil designed for use by medical profession, 1897 Visit Life and Legacy to get the full story behind the Tesla coil. View Tesla coil patent 454,622 .

How Tesla coils generate high-voltage electrical fields. (Image credit: by Ross Toro, Infographics Artist) How it works. The power source is hooked up to the primary coil.

Tesla invented his coil to do things like light up fluorescent bulbs without any connecting wires, but ArcAttack's coils feature a slightly more modern design, making use of some components that ...

Tesla coils do the same thing, but with a much more dramatic change in voltage. First, they employ a pre-made high voltage iron core transformer to go from 120 V wall current to roughly 10,000 V. The ...

In 1891, Nikola Tesla built a machine that could fire bolts of electricity through the air. His Tesla Coil became a symbol of wireless power—and raw electrical beauty.

Tesla coils do the same thing, but with a much more dramatic change in voltage. First, they employ a pre-made high voltage iron core transformer to go from 120V wall current to roughly 10,000V.

Calling all Tesla fans! Electrical engineer Greg Leyh and his team at the Lightning on Demand organization (LOD) in California are raising the funds necessary to build the world's largest twin ...

Designed as an educational development kit for experienced hobbyists, the 10-inch tall oneTesla music-playing Tesla coil is capable of producing artificial lightning arcs of almost two feet in length.

This significant discovery in nanotechnology could also be the first practical use of a Tesla coil in modern times that goes beyond fun and education. A self-funded research team at Rice University… ...

As he died in 1943, it’s easy to make claims about Nikola Tesla, the inventor, engineer, and futurist who is credited with more than 300 patents. He also held remarkable popular appeal at the ...