[dvh]

Mehdi from electroboom did video on this, the range is few meters. If I remember correctly the spark breaks oxide layers and makes contact.

[moebrowne]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkdnj698-0

[thunderbong]

Delightful! Thank you!

So much more fun than the article.

[srean]

Mehdi from Electroboom and Michael from Vsauce are my two favorite bat shit crazy unhinged people of the internet.

[octagons]

Mehdi is such a wonderful educator! I wish I’d had him as a professor for whatever topic he’d be interested in teaching.