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Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio Meets Dancing Ghost

Please vote for this Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio in the annual Instructables Halloween Contest!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Spooky-Tesla-Spirit-Radio/

The Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio is an un-powered crystal radio that picks up the vibes of the Dancing Ghost, which has a simple homopolar motor that rotates it.

In this case, it is the world’s simplest radio detecting the world’s simplest electric motor!

The audio signal gets sent to the computer where Audio Hijack Pro software alters it in real time and we hear the spooky sounds.

See the original “Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio” movie at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFxBmEpGIBw

See the sequel to above called, “Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio: Wormhole Voyage #1″ at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6f29cUhRxg

Here’s the link to build instructions at Instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Spooky-Tesla-Spirit-Radio/ Please vote for it there!

Mrfixitricks Spirit Radio Experiments playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AFEC01FF72B51D45

Check out the way cool Spirit Radios by EJ Gold at http://www.yoyodyneindustries.com

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17 Responses to “Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio Meets Dancing Ghost”

  1. AsylumAvenue on May 10th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    @MrfixitRick These …
    @MrfixitRick These forces would have been thought spirits before science gave them new definitions

  2. Tesla was the first …
    Tesla was the first to record regular pulses from Jupiter. It was decades later before the Jupiter triple pulse was proven to exist by mainstream science.

  3. SwampGasKhan on May 10th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    A pleasant reminder …
    A pleasant reminder that such people exist. Cool project! Beats drooling in front of a telly, or slouching in sports bars. In fact, it rocks!
    You know,.. Tesla was quite convinced that he was receiving intelligent signals from outerspace. And then there is George Lawrence too. ;)

  4. These radios would …
    These radios would be perfect for generating the kinds of sounds used in games like Silent Hill 2 (an all time favorite of mine). I can see these devices being very useful for music and sound effect related stuff.

    Thanks again.

  5. I live in a forest …
    I live in a forest now, but the hum from AC power predominates the signal, especially inside the computer. The gain is raised so high to make the system sensitive, that AC gets amplified too. I try to block some of it with software.

    Good question about the sun!
    The sun will make sound with the crystal radio…but only when the sunlight is broken to make a varying signal. Straight sunlight, or even laser, won’t make a sound unless it is moved over the diode to produce an alternating signal.

  6. you should go …
    you should go somewhere like a forest where there is little interference and try to see what you pick up. Also, wouldn’t the sun’s light make noise?

  7. flippinrawks on May 10th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    awesome! happy …
    awesome! happy hollween!

  8. The Spirit Radio …
    The Spirit Radio picks up not just static, but a broad range of electromagnetic and light spectrum effects. It produces sounds from lightning, computers, magnetic fields, laser, lightbulbs, electric tools and equipment like modems…and even AM radio.

    It’s called a spirit radio because nearly all the original inventors of the radio attempted to receive voices and communications from spirits.

    I don’t claim to be receiving real spirit voices…but I always keep an open ear for such things!

  9. so the radio looks …
    so the radio looks pretty badass, but all it does is pick up static?? why is it a “spirit radio”?

  10. Yep… deaf, dumb, …
    Yep… deaf, dumb, and blind. But has a good heart and is full of energy.

  11. dumb ‘ghost’
    dumb ‘ghost’

  12. The radio’s crystal …
    The radio’s crystal circuit basically acts as a radio frequency detector. Here’s what happens…

    The Ghost motor puts out sparks and surges of current that produce electromagnetic waves.

    The Spirit Radio picks up those electromagnetic waves through its antennas and resonating LC (inductor-capacitor) circuit.

    The germanium crystal diode in the circuit converts the ac waves into dc current, so that we can hear it as audio in an amplified speaker or computer.

    Any questions about that?

  13. i still dont …
    i still dont understand what that radio does

  14. It’sa gonna a eatta …
    It’sa gonna a eatta a us alla. Runna Forrest, runna!!!1a

  15. boring
    boring

  16. lol , if only you …
    lol , if only you recorded a little longer

  17. Ooh… Very creepy …
    Ooh… Very creepy noise…

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