And that’s how [PodeCoet] found himself in possession of a couple of double-arc electric lighters, thanks to those far-eastern websites purveying cheap goods. ‘Tis the season of giving after ...

Collection of the author. Everything changed in 1879, though, when several different inventors around the world simultaneously developed the electric arc light. (Such cases of simultaneous but ...

He starts the build off by modifying an arc lighter, the fancy kind one might use to light a fire on a windy day, so that it can be controlled by a micro-controller. The arc is moved to the needle ...