[Noisebridge-discuss] Tesla and ionized air

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 01:42:40PM -0700, travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org wrote:
> Hey, once Tesla talked about using a strong UV light (nowadays you'd
> use a laser) to ionize the air and use it as an electrical conductor
> to the target.

Forgot to add; does anyone know whether anyone actually did this, or
where the idea went?  Might be useful in zapping vehicles or people
from a distance (i.e. a tazer without the painful barbs).

I wonder if you could do something similar to refract E/M waves for a
specific purpose.
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