Mike “Mad Man” Marcum was a 21-year-old electronics enthusiast when he claimed to invent a small-scale time machine using a Jacob’s Ladder, laser diodes, and power transformers.

There was a time when making a high voltage project like a Jacob’s ladder took time to build or scrounge some kind of high voltage circuit. The neon sign transformer, Marx generator, or voltage ...

The Jacob’s Ladder is an electrical device named after ... If you’ve still got a thirst for danger, check out this home built X-ray machine. Video after the break.

Big fizzing electrical arcs are fun, and handled properly, not too dangerous either. The Jacob’s Ladder is one such piece of arc-generating equipment, one that featured heavily in vintage sci-fi ...

This time it’s a double helix Jacob’s ladder. The sparks are flying as they twist and turn their way up this unique design, powered by a standard neon sign transformer. If you can get your ...

First, Jacob has a vision. He says he saw a “stairway” stretching between heaven and earth, on which angels were ascending and descending. (Some biblical scholars say the old term “ladder ...