Nikola Tesla

The Hutchison Effect

John Hutchison is a Canadian who accidentally discovered some highly unusual physical phenomenon. The unexplained phenomenon known as the Hutchison effect is actually a series of different effects from different experiments. He was able to levitate objects, liquefy metals at room temperature, and merge materials together. These effects were created by combining high gradient fields from Tesla coils and electrostatic machines such as Van De Graff generators. His own apartment was crammed full of old equipment that he had salvaged from Navy ships. Hutchison is not a not a qualified scientist, and performed his experiments purely out of interest. This lack of standard scientific education is probably what enabled him to make his discoveries, because the set up he used did not make any sense to standard science and the effects were supposedly impossible. The effects he produced have now been termed 'the Hutchison effect', but there is still little explanation for what exactly they are. Hutchison's experiments were performed quite randomly, with little more than intuition to guide him. This sort of experimenting can be highly dangerous and should not be attempted by amateurs.