Hackaday Links: May 1, 2022
We start this week with news from Mars, because, let’s face it, the news from this planet isn’t all that much fun lately. But a couple of milestones were reached …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 1, 2022
Category Archives: Lichtenberg
High-:publishVoltage Fractals
Int 1777, Georg Lichtenberg found that discharging high voltage on an insulating surface covered with a powder, a fractal-like image appears, sometimes known as a lightning tree. Incidentally, this is a crude form of xerography, the principle that lets copiers and laser printers operate.
[PaulGetson] had a high voltage power source from his Jacob’s ladder experiments and decide to see if he could create Lichtenberg figures. Turns out, he could.
If you have a source of high voltage, the rest of the project is pretty simple. A piece of plywood serves as the insulator and baking soda crystals cause the …read more
