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- Tesladownunder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+238The effect is done by attaching a rod to a Tesla coil. The spark will be mostly from the end of the rod. If you then rotate this rod around and take it in time lapse over 30 seconds you get a ring of sparks.
Absolutely not photoshopped. See my site for details.
http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm
Tesladownunder - Sornos, on 11/06/2007, -1/+157Don'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.
- robdiggity, on 10/12/2007, -11/+153Fake, not fake who cares? We all can agree that is one ***** car.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+141Though it looks cool, it would've been cooler if they used DeLorean...
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -8/+86You're a stupid fake picture.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -8/+84Yeah but if you're black they would just shoot you.
- dggeek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+69"Didn't survive the second jacking =("
Ok, took me a second to figure out you were referring to the car. Talk about a WTF moment. - goingstuckey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+59I know little about Telsa coils, but enough about photography to know that that's a long exposure... I doubt that machine creates a 360 degree field around the vehicle
- unlimitedorb, on 10/12/2007, -5/+53If I had that in the past then maybe my car wouldn't have gotten jacked twice!
Didn't survive the second jacking =( - Dpack1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42Fake or not its still the most AMAZING ZOMG car alarm you've EVAR SEEN, you MUST SEE THIS! READ NOW!!!1ONE DIGG IT UP!!!
/Sarcasm
Seriously when are these lame titles gonna end? - kfconme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34every time you make a pun, a kitten is electrocuted via this alarm.
- sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31This could also could be useful to prevent that cop standing next to your window from giving you a speeding ticket.
- JaytB, on 10/12/2007, -12/+42I'm just a simple person so could somebody explain me what this has to with a car alarm?
- Fireinthedisco, on 11/06/2007, -2/+29Shocking!
/lame but all i could think of. - Tesladownunder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Hi guys and fellow geeks.
This is my Tesla coil setup. It has a real Tesla coil on a real car. Sort of real. I hired the Hyundai Getz as they were fresh out of DeLoreans. I got extra insurance on the car in case I zapped its electronics. The photo is not fake and is not a double exposure or photoshopped in any way. It is however a 30 second time exposure of the sparks emitted from a rotating rod attached to the top of the Tesla coil.
Yes it does spark to the front of the car but with little damage.
The effect is just an extension of the "Eye of Sauron" that I did recently and featured on Digg and the video cast.
Have a quick look at how it was done on my site.
http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17@JaytB
When the person breaks into the car, the Tesla Coil activates, trapping them around a ring of electricity until you get back from the intelligence store. - Kwonza, on 11/06/2007, -0/+131.21 GIGAWATTS!!!
- Narvs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I always thought that the best car security was the trunk monkey
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Or it's just long exposure. Read the fourth comment in the first comment thread.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9You're on Digg, that geek alert sensor must be going haywire...
- quoquo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8i 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/ - LeeVal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Optional Extra
- Hawkeye1980, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Not that anyone would steal that car anyways... ;)
- Helenbo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This must be the 3rd greatest car alarm then:
http://members.tripod.com/cayobo/blackben.wav - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8NOT fake, but ***** me that is some scary *****. It's effective, I'll give them that!
- SmackMyMac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here's a better article on that one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/232777.stm - masterkenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Or a parking ticket.....or tow away....
- masterskill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I agree with this picture. The best way to not get your car stolen is to drive a ***** car.
- ghostlywind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Why is immense amount electricity just so damn cool
- Splizxer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I already installed one of these on my car:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/
But the tesla coil would be a nice addition. - Fridrik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This will safely eliminate the problem of drunk people taking a piss on your loved one.
- jmann, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I really don't think they have to worry about anyone stealing that car...
- AlphAssassin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Brings me back to my days of playing C&C Red Alert :(
- dreamlayers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I don't think this is fake. Look at the front of the car where electricity arcs from the spinning thing to the car. The arcs are brighter as expected, they light up the area and they conform to the shape.
I wonder if they punch little holes in the paint though. - t3hmun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3aww, i wanted to see another flamethrower.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@mattman12345
I must say... your one of the most unique story posters I have seen.
First you submit a story that gets (currently) over 2500 diggs.
Then you post the first comment on your story and are buried by nearly a hundred diggers.
Then your the first one to post a reply to your first comment on the story you submitted. And that gets buried pretty good too.
I must say... you certainly have a unique approach to digg.
I'm going to guess you talk to yourself quite a bit.... no? - D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I was thinking that's what it was going to be....
I was all prepared to say "old..." - dreamlayers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Tesla 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.
- keegan3d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This 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!
- Tesladownunder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I must admit that getting Dugg down to -96 and being the first poster seems a bit harsh. Mind you it was my photo although he did acknowledge this in a reply.
The hardest thing with my latest crop of photos ("Eye of Sauron", "Aura of Sauron" and this one) is to convince people that they are not photoshopped but are time exposures. Of course all photos are time exposures but (usually) such that motion is not evident or is part of the effect such as a blurred racing car.
I have tried to explain it on my site.
http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm - Infekted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Greatest?...
so if i knocked over the tesla coil, it would still protect the car?
will probably electrocute the guy inside the car. LoL. - viewtiful4ever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbHnLSasfQ
Flamethrowers in cars... - Mackofalltrades, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2***** Car Nice Alarm. I'd Prefer a Big Black guy named Ben though.
- loqqq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3" . . . in my entire life."
So, 6-month-olds are submitting stories to digg now? - krakkinem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2cool, but when are they going to start electrocuting car thieves like in Robocop 2?
- Tesladownunder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Optional extra includes the shed and the control box and operator (me). Oh and only works when stationary.
Details on my site http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm - Grieser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Whoa... 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 - despisedIcon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2tesladownunder has comment spammed his site URL 9 times already
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My 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. - EvilFerret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That 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* :)
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