[Noisebridge-discuss] Tesla and ionized air

[Joel Jaeggli]

On 9/5/10 1:48 PM, travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org wrote:
> 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).

http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae475.cfm

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