You’ve probably seen Lichtenberg figures before, those lightning-like traces left by high-voltage discharge. The safe way to create them is using an electron beam to embed charge inside an acrylic ...

Looking for an unusual Christmas present? How about giving someone a bolt of lightning? Bert Hickman creates stunning sculptures by blasting an acrylic block with a 2.5 million volt particle ...

To mortal eyes, when an electric current hits an insulator, it stops. But actually it often creates art – it’s just art that we can’t see. Lichtenberg figures are branching patterns, like frozen ...

Some folks at the i3Detroit hackerspace had an opportunity come up that would allow them to capture lightning in acrylic. They created a few Lichtenberg figures thanks to the help of a plastic tubing ...

We’ve all seen Lichtenberg figures. They’re hammered into charged insulating blocks, or are branded into an unfortunate person’s skin. But they were discovered in the 1700s, and used in a surprisingly ...

Looking for an unusual Christmas present? How about giving someone a bolt of lightning? Bert Hickman creates stunning sculptures by blasting an acrylic block with a 2.5 million volt particle ...