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| Born | Drake Anthony August 20, 1992 [1] | |||||||||
| Website | styropyro | |||||||||
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| Location | Illinois, United States | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.51 million [2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 251 million [2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: January 26, 2024 | ||||||||||
Drake Anthony, [3] better known online as Styropyro, is an American YouTuber specializing in high-powered electronics and lasers.
Anthony, born on August 20, 1992, [1] grew up in Goodfield, Illinois. Anthony began experimenting with lasers at the age of 12 after learning about them in school. After working for a summer to save for a video camera, he began to record his pyrotechnic experiments with his close friend Josh, and he began posting his experiments on YouTube in 2006. [4] [5] He attended Southern Illinois University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry. [1] Anthony is of Arab descent. [6]
Anthony's content is mostly centered around building high-voltage electronics such as Tesla coils, Kirlian photography rigs, high-frequency flame discharge machines, and the like. He is also well-known for his experiments with powerful lasers, such as the world's most powerful laser pointer as well as his world record for 2020's most powerful continuous-wave handheld laser.
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