Amazing plasma globe tricks that you never knew before!!!

Step 5 Plasma 360 experiments...

Now let your imagination loose... Try experiment with other things, like what happens if you put a cell phone (use a broken one) with a screen near the plasma globe? Will the screen light up? who knows...

Have fun with your plasma globe!!
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Comments

[runfromnuke]

You sound like a reincarnation (figure of speech) of Nikola Tesla. If you get the chance, you should read up on him.

Plasma balls like this one are basically a miniature version of Wardenclyffe Tower (a giant tesla coil). That tower would have sent electricity to most of the Eastern sea-board if Edison and J.P. Morgan hadn't had it blown up.

Keep it up! I look forward to reading more of your experiments and ibles.

[acronum]

The Wardenclyffe Tower was a full scale test subject, which could be put into service. Funding dried up when a sponsor went bankrupt, and no more funding lead these to go to ruin. These Towers were highly inefficient, so they would have to have Towers every couple of miles. Tesla invented AC current.

He also worked for Edison.. And he developed his own version of the lightbulb that was easier to manufacture (and cheaper) because Edison didn't want him to use anything of his in the local fair, I think it was in New York, can't remember.

Tesla also made an earthquake machine, which would measure the harmonic frequency then would output that frequency to start breaking things. Like breaking glass with a crystal wine glass with water in it. Rumors had it that on Manhattan Island there was an earthquake, and cops broke into Tesla's lab to find him trying to turn it off with a sledge hammer LOL! The power button got stuck xD

[shouldawoulda]

Yeah that tesla dude was on e BAD Muther! They say he was born of and out of a spirit guide, who had connections with the other world, he could ,,fromt he help of his spirit guide , conjure up all kinds of strange anomalies. Now he is a car bulit in southern California, U.S.A

[eotc12]

Dude, ur completly BONKERS & CRAZY

[prspctv1]

After reading the comments here I better understand what the Plasma 360 is doing to my clock radio. I was a bit freaked out at first.

The clock (HoMedics) has a projector which displays the time on the ceiling of the room. I never use this feature but found that If the 360 gets within a foot of the radio the projector turns on until the 360 is moved away.

Needless to say, the 360 is no longer on the night stand next to my head. Just a precaution.

[frixx]

i tried with a sony ericsson cell phone its not working anymore i tried putting the lamp near a (electric) guitar and its making strange noises but its cool

[elpadreman]

Have you tried the one where you take a fluorescent tube (the bigger the better!), get a friend to hold the pins at one end, you hold the pins at your end and touch the plasma globe with your other hand?

[Plasmana]

Yes, I tried that, it was really cool! But the person who is holding both the tube and the plasma globe must be insulated from the ground (like standing on a plastic stool) while the other person holding the other end of the tube must touch the ground.

[elpadreman]

I don't recall the person in the middle needs to be insulated. We used to do it with both on the floor. whatever! Great sereis of stuff on plasmas here!

[willrandship]

Shoes insulate you fine usually, they have lotsa rubber.

[knoxarama]

i wouldn't put too much faith in that. i was wearing thick soled rubber boots and i still got a pretty good shock

[willrandship]

That's probably because you had a massive amount of static built up. Just because you're not grounded doesn't prevent static shock, it prevents it from being prolonged is all.

[-max-]

WOW WIRLESS ELECTRICITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    I used to hove a globe and did stuff like that but busted it :(

[toosh]

i had my lg chocolate near one of these it froze the touch pad up had to remove battery to get it to again

[willrandship]

wow. That's interesting

[vandal1138]

I drilled a hole in the top of mine and dumped gas in it. Ran an extension cord outside to a surge protector with on off swith, then another extension cord to the globe. Plug it all in, get the hell away from it, and flick the switch. Mmmm toasty....

[alah]

Where can I get one or how can I build it?

[willrandship]

Bulb: Wal mart (or any store that sells more pricey gimmicks)
Gas: Gas Station
Drill: Wal Mart or hardware store
Extension cords and surge protector: Wal mart
Gas Can: Wal Mart

:P Just go to wal mart and a gas station.

[coolpizzadude]

I have a large plasma globe that I put up to a cd player Note the cd player was unplugged and it started playing the song that was on it.

[ht2o]

that realy realy kool

[Plasmana]

Does the CD player have batteries ?hen I am not too surprised, because the EM radiation from the plasma globe probably interfered with the microchip in the CD player and cause it to "turn on" and play the music.

[coolpizzadude]

yea

[ultrakill]

heck, you tink thats bad? i turned off my computer one day, was about to unplug the speakers - and they started talking!!! it was really faint and sounded like Steven Hawking/Microsoft sam!!!!!!!!! it lasted for about 10 seconds... it was pretty freaky....

[Plasmana]

It is probably picking up microwave energy from the cellphones...

[ht2o]

i agree if u put a cell phone on the bars at the base of a gutiar it makes a real freaky pulse sound. i know its radio waves but i sounds off beat, just a little tho

[Plasmana]

Yeah, even fro ordinary computer amplifiers, when I put a cellphone near it, I hear a beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeeeep-beep-beep (and so on) nosie.

[tyler hauter]

its possible that the radio frequencies emited by the plasma globe created internal arcing which short circuited your radio and turned it on its sort of far fetched but if the plasma lamp is big enough and close enough it is possible :)

[me835]

it has something to do with the fact that radios receive signals from ELECTROMAGNETIC waves. since the plasma globe has a surrounding electromagnetic field, it may cause the radio to pick up some of these waves, or it may transfer the waves directly to the speaker solenoids, bypassing the on/off/volume control. that is speculation, so if someone else knows for sure, please inform me

[mzmaker]

wow creepy man!

[n8man]

That is creepy. Are you sure the CD player isn't possessed?

[Plasmana]

It is not so creapy to me.... xD

[lasermaster3531]

OOOOOOOOOH POSSESSED!

[ReCreate]

Yes,By Me,Now Give it back :P

[Gdawg965]

Try making a Tesla coil. That's basically what it is but with a glass ball around it. You can get pretty big sparks and you can light things up from a good distance away. They're really sweet.

[trgz]

I tried two old Nokia mobiles but nothing happened

[foxtrot4697]

mine is the same i think but instead of blue lines it has orange

[Plasmana]

That is really cool! Can you post some pictures?

[foxtrot4697]

ok nvm its called illuma storm from radioshack(i forgot but it looks similar) but the middle and where it touches the glass it orange and the lines are a milky white that looks kewl cause it blends in with the middle. i will post some pics in a bit

[Plasmana]

Thats cool...

[jsweagle]

i put my cell phone to it an it shocked me alittle