[Noisebridge-discuss] Tesla and ionized air

[Ever Falling]

this is sort of unrelated but i think you might be interested in it anyhow:

http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/latest_research/2006/20060210/20060210.html

<http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/latest_research/2006/20060210/20060210.html>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PguNPIXfnOs&feature=related

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:

> On 9/5/10 1:48 PM, travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org<travis%2Bml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org>wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 01:42:40PM -0700,
> travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org<travis%2Bml-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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