Here’s a fun video by [Ashish Derhgawen], discussing the photoelectric effect of neon lamps with some simple demonstrations. Orange light makes it light! [Ashish] demonstrates the well-known ...

The first neon sign was installed in New York’s Times Square om 1924 and in Las Vegas in 1928. Neon remained popular through the 1960s when LED lights were invented. Popularity has waxed and ...

Everyone knows that one of the coolest things to do with a Tesla coil is to light up neon or fluorescent tubes at a distance. It’s an easy and very visual way to conceptualize how much energy is ...