[MJKZZ] sends in this entertaining little tutorial on building a small automated cannon out of a syringe. He starts the build off by modifying an arc lighter, the fancy kind one might use to light a ...

Here's an idea for bright sparks looking to lighten the mood with a monophonic ditty while bringing some birthday cake candles to life. Ahmad Tabbouch, owner of Sydney, Australia's UltraKeet ...

[GreatScott!] needs to light off fireworks with an arc rather than a flame, because “fireworks and plasma” is cooler than fireworks and no plasma. To that end, he attempted to reverse engineer an arc ...

Humans have come along way from rubbing two sticks together to generate a flame. Ever since Zippos caught fire in the 1930s, we’ve been finding innovative ways to kickstart a blaze. Indeed, lighters ...

This post covers a few things about rechargeable electric arc lighters. An electric arc lighter uses high voltage to create a spark instead of a flame and keep it there for a while, so that you can ...