Super Mario Bros. theme played on a tesla coil
Written by Dan Zuccarelli   
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 06:30
Yes, a Tesla coil. The huge bolts of energy are tweaked in real time to produce different tones. Of course these being nerds I'm sure it only took a few minutes to come up with the idea to play the Super Mario theme. Here's another clip of an outdoor demonstration where they play a few different songs. At about the 1:30 mark they go into the Super Mario "dungeon" theme. The crowd instantly recognizes it... awesome.

Bonus! Tetris theme after the break!


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written by Grim Santo, June 20, 2007
That is pretty damn cool
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written by Wii Wii » Blog Archive &, June 22, 2007
[...] It doesn’t happen often, but I’m lost for words. The urge to own something that not only plays the Super Mario Bros. theme tune but can also kill people is building up inside me. Read this if you have no idea what’s going on, and then put “Tesla coil” in big bold letters at the top of your list to Santa. We’ve only got another six months; be good. Source. [...]
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written by meneame.net, June 22, 2007
¡La música de Super Mario Bros. interpretada en bobinas Tesla!

Uno de los experimentos más frikis que he visto ultimamente. La gente del Geek Group (www.thegeekgroup.org/) ha interpretado la música de Super Mario Bros. a través de dos bobinas Tesla... :-O Y de bonus, la música del Tetris. Vía: WiiWii (www.wi...
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written by traxdata007, June 23, 2007
El tetris es un fake smilies/sad.gif

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