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Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.

This could also could be useful to prevent that cop standing next to your window from giving you a speeding ticket.

Shocking!

/lame but all i could think of.

faraday cage?

Optional Extra

Now all thats needed is a Nice car.

i knew it would be a violent security alarm before i clicked the link.
reminds me of this one. a flame thrower.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/

ok, I'm probably just simple, so can somebody explain what this has to do with a car alarm?

That'd be fun as ***** to stare at while on drugs...

Is this real? 0.o??

This must be the 3rd greatest car alarm then:

http://members.tripod.com/cayobo/blackben.wav

Why is immense amount electricity just so damn cool

I always thought that the best car security was the trunk monkey

It's the Eye of Sauron effect. There was a story a while back about it on digg.

I have to go find a tesla coil....

aww, i wanted to see another flamethrower.

I really don't think they have to worry about anyone stealing that car...

This will safely eliminate the problem of drunk people taking a ***** on your loved one.

The only way this would keep a thief from stealing the car is that the car would be extremely identifiable. No one in their right mind would steal a car with a huge, spottable, alien-looking tower.

That said, the picture is sweet.

Look for this car in Halo 3, the first vehicle with shields like the Master Chief! But it needs tusks like the Warthog.

Tesla coils produce high frequency AC which isn't quite as dangerous as DC or 50 or 60 Hz AC. Also, while the voltage is very high the current isn't. This allows impressive demonstrations where someone allows the electricity to go through their body without any apparent harm. I guess this coil would be too powerful for that sort of experiment though.

Brings me back to my days of playing C&C Red Alert :(

1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!

Who cares if its real or not, its really cool!

damn I was gonna boost her tonight...

I was going to say worlds most mobile lightning rod..

How can I install such a security system in car? Can I buy it from anywhere?

That would attract more attention than anything.... If I were a thief, I would definitely go for that car....A system like that must mean something incredible is stashed away in there. Er Hell maybe I'd just steal the *alarm* :)

This is like the 10th Tesla Coil story on digg in the past two weeks, it is awesome to see what people do with them. Every picture has been amazing!

Greatest?...
so if i knocked over the tesla coil, it would still protect the car?
will probably electrocute the guy inside the car. LoL.

Whoa... tesla coils are so popular these days

here's the story via digg 10 days ago:
http://digg.com/mods/Tesla_powered_Sauron_s_eye

@mattman12345 : .."I have ever seen in my entire life"
"I have ever seen" implies in your entire life, so there is no need to write it. Because it sound pretty silly.

***** Car Nice Alarm. I'd Prefer a Big Black guy named Ben though.

It may not be Photoshopped but since it's only a timelapse, it's nothing like real. Calling it a car security alarm is so bogus. Digg readers sure don't know jack.

narvs is right... I'd rather have a trunk monkey.

He should probably have his flux capacitor checked out.

If anything, it's a security system, NOT an alarm. An alarm would mean sound, and I didn't see any sound in the photo.

Worlds Greatest car security alarm...

...on the worlds Gayest car.

" . . . in my entire life."

So, 6-month-olds are submitting stories to digg now?

Not that anyone would steal that car anyways... ;)

anyone know what kind of car that is?

My first old work truck, an $800 '78 GMC, had no need of alarms or theft deterrents. It was just so ugly and beat up that people figured I had nothing worth taking much less the truck itself. Embarassing to drive until I did some bodywork but it did have perks.

I rememeber one winter when a co-worker's Cavalier was broken into. Our vehicles were sitting right next to each other. CD player, amp, and sub were stolen. Same went for a few other vehicles in the lot and all except my truck had the snow brushed off of their side windows for a look inside.

We joked that the red primer must have been like lamb's blood because the Angel of Theft had passed over it.