In today's NY Times, John Tierney's article "If He Starts Nodding Off, Try Another Million Volts" reports "David Blaine, the magician and endurance artist, is ready for more pain. With the help of the Liberty Science Center, a chain-mail suit and an enormous array of Tesla electrical coils, he plans to stand atop a 20-foot-high pillar for 72 straight hours, without sleep or food, while being subjected to a million volts of electricity.... When Mr. Blaine performs “Electrified” on a pier in Hudson River Park, the audience there as well as viewers in London, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney, Australia, will take turns controlling which of the seven coils are turned on, and at what intensity. They will also be able to play music by producing different notes from the coils. The whole performance, on Pier 54 near West 13th Street, will be shown live at www.youtube.com/electrified.
Greg Leyh, San Francisco tesla coil guru, known for building The Electrum, the world's largest tesla coil remarks, "I don't really see what the big risk is." He goes on, "If he's inside a Faraday Cage he's under no risk at all. The electric field inside a conductor is zero. If he were outside of it however that would be truly interesting death-defying work." Greg Leyh will make a rare public appearance and perform live demonstrations at the Boston Museum of Science event "Lightning Strikes" on November 7, 2012. BUY TICKETS.
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