This weekend was UIUC’s annual Engineer Open House, and last night there was a Singing Tesla Coil show. The Tesla coils were built by Steve Ward, a EE student at UIUC. “Steven has developed Tesla Coils with high levels of control allowing audio modulation of their lightning-like display. Interfacing the Continuum Fingerboard with this technology will generate a musically expressive and highly energetic, multi-voiced performace” (EOH Exhibit Guide).

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