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 ...

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 ...

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 ...