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I was 9 in 1996, and I remember reading this article over and over again for years, and making attempts to build a forcefield of my own.
by csallen 9y ago
I was 9 in 1996, and I remember reading this article over and over again for years, and making attempts to build a forcefield of my own.
- wbeaty 9y agoIt's still going! Latest: - video of a tiny version https://youtu.be/vL3mnidBkeQ https://youtu.be/vL3mnidBkeQ - someone claims that objects do bounce off it https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4jb24s/what_are_some_weird_real_life_xfiles_type/d35db1i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4jb24s/what_are_... - someone claims that others made accidental forcefields https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7kv54c/til_a_3m_adhesive_tape_plant_accidentally_created/drmitfu/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7kv54c/til_a... After twenty years I finally tried a forcefield experiment: HVDC supply hooked to perfmetal electrodes as mentioned on Reddit. Nope, the high-field gap has no effect on intruding sticks, or even blocks nylon filaments. And reducing the gap just triggers big sparks. (But maybe it needs some 100Meg resistors, to stabilize it like an NE-2 neon bulb?)