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Hi Wayne,

You probably saw Steve Spangler.  Check out his website, which is  
also quite good:
<http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/>

Educational Innovations can set you up with a hand-held "Tesla  
Coil" (actually an Oudin Coil) and all the accessories, including a  
light bulb connector:
<http://www.teachersource.com/ElectricityAndMagnetism/TeslaCoils/ 
OudinCoil_InchTeslaCoilInchwSafetySwitch.aspx>

Both of these websites are both good sources for "science stuff".


On Feb 14, 2008, at Thursday, Feb 14     2:12 AM, Wayne Watson wrote:
>
> I've never watched the Ellen De Generes Show, but today I happened  
> to notice it had the Science Guy. It wasn't Bill Nye. I recorded it  
> and played the science segment. I've forgotten the fellow's name,  
> but he was quite good. For one part of his presentation, he used  
> 2500 lb. of corn starch mixed with water to show off it's  
> interesting properties. It can, for one, stand a strong impact-- 
> like walking across it quickly without falling into it. That was  
> quite funny. The 50Kv light bulb appeared to be a simple 100 watt  
> bulb, but he powered it with a 50Kv source. At 50Kv is looked like  
> one those common devices in science stores where it looks lightning  
> in a ball. My question is where does one get this gizmo? It looked  
> like it might be attractive in conjunction with a Van De Graff  
> generator.
>

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