Re: [TCML] Tesla Coil in Beijing: press release

["DC Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm is certainly right.

Lessons learned here:

(1) don't talk to media over the phone --- they will twist it all up.

(2) don't talk about other peoples work --- refer them to the people
directly.

(3) never trust the media reporters to get anything right.

D.C. Cox

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Jeff Behary <electrotherapy@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Hmm:
>
> Wisconsin firm makes Tesla coil for Olympics ceremonies
> http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781375
> ...
> Resonance Research Corp. of Baraboo developed a 40-foot-tall Tesla coil
> that was used during the opening ceremony. It's slated for another
> appearance during the closing ceremony Aug. 24. The device sends tendrils of
> lightning as long as 100 feet that are generated from two domes. It pops out
> 20 million volts of electricity.
> Resonance Research has built lasers, Van de Graaff generators, crackle
> tubes and other devices for museums for more than four decades.
> ...
> It took about a year to make the $1.3 million device, which was shipped to
> China by boat two months ago, Cox said. He said he has two staffers at the
> Games, providing technical assistance. Another contractor has 20 employees
> there to help with the set-up.
> Wisconsinites can get a closer look at a Tesla device. Discovery World at
> Pier Wisconsin has a Tesla coil made by Resonance Research about 22 years
> ago.
> It looks exactly the same as the one in China, just a bit smaller, Cox
> said.
> Just don't tell the Chinese the device is American-made, he cautioned.
> "They kind of want people to assume it's a local thing," he said.
>
> ____
>
> Hmm.
>
> Jeff Behary
> ___________________
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:18:10 -0600> From: resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To:
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [TCML] Tesla Coil in Beijing: press
> release> CC: > > Actually, the news people totally botched it.> > They
> sought us out after hearing about the Tesla coils Jeff was making. We>
> discussed Tesla's work and how Tesla coils work.> > We never claimed to have
> made these machines. I was horrified after reading> this article, and my
> sincere apologies to Jeff and his group.> > D.C. Cox
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