Re: [TCML] Tesla coils on Toyota Avalon commercial

["Derek, Extreme Electronics" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Haven't you seen the film "The Prestige"...

    Derek

On 30/04/2013 12:14, Mark X2 wrote:
> Hey Phil,
> I didn't know you had a twin brother :)
>
> 2013/4/29 Phil Tuck <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Like this?
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/33962508@N03/8186477062/in/photostream
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of dave pierson
> > Sent: 29 April 2013 13:46
> > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [TCML] Tesla coils on Toyota Avalon commercial
> >
> >
> > > > > Just wondering if anyone else had noticed the new Toyota Avalon
> > > > > commercial that depicts the effect of twin Tesla coil looking
> > > > > devices "creating" the advertised automobile with their
> > > > > electrical spark discharges?
> > > >    Thusly?
> > > There's certainly some element of CGI in there. They'd NEVER let
> > > sparks touch the "hero car".  But it's entirely possible they had
> > > a stand in car in place (painted green) and shot that as one piece,
> > > then substituted in the shot of the hero car.
> >       There is precedent.  We've all seen the pic of Tesla
> >       reading in a chair, surrounded by discharge of his
> >       Colorado Springs coil.  When originally published,
> >       his friends back east were worried, wrote him to stop
> >       taking chances.  He wrote back (roughly):
> >
> >          Not to worry.  First I photographed some discharges,
> >          by their own light, then myself, seated, illuminated
> >          by photographic flash powder only...
> >
> >       (The letter was included in one of the published
> >        editions of Colorado Springs Notes...)
> >
> >        best
> >         dwp
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