Weird Science 1: Levitating Light Bulb
Author: Ink-Stained Wretch
'light bulb' is a levitating yet powered lightbulb. It will float stably in midair and remain on for years without any physical contact, charging, or batteries. Ironically, with the levitation and wireless power circuitry both on, this entire package still consumes less than half the power of an incandescent bulb.
This is not a trick or a photoshop manipulation. The bulb and the casing contain hidden circuitry that uses electromagnetic feedback to levitate the bulb roughly 2.5" from the nearest object, and uses coupled resonant wireless power transfer to beam power from the housing into the bulb itself.
Technology inspired by Tesla
Watch the video of the thing in action.
Kind of similar to the business in the Prestige with field of bulbs.
Why aren't there towns in New Jersey named after Tesla?
He seems far more deserving than Edison.
Maybe we celebrate Edison, because he represents
that darker side of Americana-
the ability to gank, market and promote.
BTW- that's a pretty stylish video for a science experiment.
I think it's using the same concept that they were referring to in Prestige.
And I think this gimcrack was actually created as a "sculpture" for some kinda art-meets-science type event.
BTW, Th. Metzger wrote this amazing book, BLOOD & VOLTS, all about Tesla & Edison's feud and how it resulted in the dvlpmt of the electric chair...
Not to knock the coolness of the concept...
'Sorta looks like some glorified 80's paperweight from the Sharper Image catalog. I just watched American Psycho again and it might have been on someone's desk in background.
"Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?"
( I just pulled those samples for CB... shit-funny )