Electromagnetic Emission Art

mr_lithic writes "The artist Richard Box has used the electromagnetic field generated by overhead transmission cables to power 1300 fluorescent lightbulbs positioned underneath. Some pictures available. Professor Denis Harshaw at Bristol University explains "There's an interactive element to all this, too, for those who go to the site itself. 'You affect the lights by your proximity', explains Richard Box, 'because you're a much better conductor than a glass tube. And there's sound as well as light - a crackling that corresponds to the flashing of the lights. There's a certain smell too, and your hair stands slightly on end.'" Sounds cool and it is on until February 29th. Directons here."

directions

[Anonymous Coward]

What? No GPS coordinates?

Re:electromagnetic waves kill also brain cells

[DarkHelmet]

Yeah, at least if you're gonna kill your brain cells, do it with something fun like booze, pot or ecstacy.

Like the Joker says, "If you gotta go, go with a smile!"

Theft?

[DAldredge]

Is this theft? I ask because in the past, before the current overkill laws againts computer crime, crackers where charged with theft of electricy. Could he be charged?

Re:At last, an event near me!

[Anonymous Coward]

Physical slashdotting? There's a new idea.

Re:Electricity fun

[etLux]

Well, I liiim, er, lvoplx, er, liiivee unnnder pwoer liens, and n-n-n-othin gggg has has has has has has has has [thwack thwack] huppened two too to MY brain.

Re:Wrong physics

[smchris]

So the moral is: instead of tin hats, people who live under power lines should coat their houses in light bulbs?

Other things that fit this definition of "theft"

[benjamindees]

Breathing: you're taking oxygen that clearly was produced on a farm somewhere or maybe in the Amazon.

Tinfoil hats: these devices intercept electromagnetic waves and cause transmission losses.

Heat pumps: you didn't really think you could take all that "free" heat out of the air, did you?

Re:Electricity fun

[RaymondRuptime]

It'll be okay. Just reach around behind your ear and hit the degauss button.

[Now OT] Re:Edible Electromagnetic Emission Art

[ahoehn]

I was grading papers for a college writing class the other day when I came across a paper that a student had written about measuring the speed of light using the microwaving chacolate method. At first I thought he was just making shit up, but then I looked it up on the interweb, and lo and behold, he hadn't made it up.

Granted, he had copied his paper almost word for word from the interweb and I failed him for that, which just goes to show that it's dangerous to write papers that interest the graders.

Re:free power - DMCA violation

[NotQuiteReal]

The power company ought to claim that the power is encrypted, and that, by not using the authorized wired delivery system, the artist is stealing.

I am not allowed to use all the electromagnetic waves that pass thru my property.

Re:Wrong physics

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't actually know what you're talking about, do you?

Re:Wrong physics

[Zillatron]

One of those things that took ten years to tell my Mom about: A friend was arguing the case that a flourescent tube had to be plugged in in order to work. I settled the issue by microwaving it for one second in my Mom's gigantic tukey-cooking microwave. Intensely bright. The opposite of me at the time.

Re:Here in the Philippines

[ColaMan]

Case in point: Guy high on PCP tries to kill self with 16kV [uvm.edu]