Biefeld–Brown effect - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Could we fly through the air using nothing but electricity and the wind it creates? This is the core idea behind the Biefeld–Brown Effect. Discovered in the 1920s by Thomas Townsend Brown and Paul Alfred Biefeld, this effect occurs when high voltage is applied to asymmetrical electrodes—usually a thin wire and a larger plate. When thousands of volts surge through the wire, it ionizes the air molecules around it, stripping away electrons. These charged ions are then violently repelled toward the