Our demonstration was not quite this dramatic, but was close
In class we had an electrifying demonstration of Tesla coils courtesy of Mr. Vale, and I think it’s safe to say that it startled just about everyone with how much noise it made. He was able to safely touch the spark on top using a wooden rod without getting shocked, and a few brave volunteers tried the same thing.
Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary inventor who imagine every home having its own Tesla coil, which he invented in 1891, in order to generate electricity for the home. Mr. Vale demonstrated that by holding bulbs and light cylinders near the coil he can make them light up, and Tesla hoped to use this to power entire houses without the need for wires. Unfortunately the coils are not efficient enough and are highly dangerous, but in terms of wireless transmission of energy he was ahead of his time. Tesla was arch rivals with Thomas Edison, and both men worked with electricity in both AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current) forms, though only Edison’s technology caught on in the mainstream.
It’s too bad that the Tesla coil couldn’t be developed, because not having to use wires to power electricity would revolutionize how and where we could use them.
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