Jones sez: > In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' > > Here is an article that many vortician 'flamers' will surely like. I have a > vague memory of trying something similar, many years ago without success. > > http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification. > htm > > Best I can tell, a reasonable expectation for this type of a small 'etna' > flame (50-100 watt equivalent) without an "addition" [conductivity enhancer, > which can be hidden] would be at least one megohm of resistance and probably > more. That is rather limiting, for use an antenna, one would think. > > Jones
That article was a blast (no pun intended) from the past. I actually saw a demonstration of a flame speaker performance at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Department. It was around 1968 - 69 (as per the PE article) and I was in high school. Every two years the Engineering department opened up their labs to the public for exhibitions. All sorts of nifty magic stuff was demoed. I especially liked the primitive-by-today's-standards pong-like driver simulation console where you tried to keep a car on the road. Depending on how fast the virtual car was going, combined with how much traction they fed into the tires, would determine how well you could keep the car on the road. The contraption consisted of a box with a steering wheel and a b&w TV screen which displayed an upside down "V" - a road disappearing into the infinite horizon. It was supposed to test prolonged fatigue & drunk driving reactions. Of course everyone wanted to test the simulation with tire tread set to maximum traction (no slippage) and speeds exceeding 120 MPH. We all crashed and burned. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
