Nikola Tesla

'Bout time we honored The company's namesake.

On Friday 1/30 at 9:00pm my Tivo recorded the History channel program "Mad Electricity". A one hour program on Tesla the Inventor.

For those familiar with the man it was filled with the usual stuff but there was a new twist were they tied him into being "green".

To that there was this Tesla quote:

"No matter what we attempt to do, no matter to what fields we turn our efforts, we are dependent on power. We have to evolve means of obtaining energy from stores which are forever inexhaustible, to perfect methods which do not imply consumption and waste of any material whatever. If we use fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations."

Click to expand...

Oh, and the show gave a few moments to the car bearing his name.

TEG Rules!

A couple of mini Bios

TEG posted below

and related bookThe Life and Times of Nikola Tesla


Nikola Tesla : Demo for an "Epic Biopic"
WIZARD; The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, by Marc J. Seifer [email protected] 401-294-2414

Nikola Tesla is credited by many as the inventor of radio and should have received most of the credit for the development of modern electricity ..... [Wizard] painstakingly documents Tesla's wideranging contributions.... Seifer has analyzed extensive sources, many not previously used by Tesla biographers, to provide a detailed interpretation of his life.
LIBRARY JOURNAL

Seifer's vivid, revelatory, exhaustively researched biography rescues pioneer inventor Nikola Tesla from cult status and restores him to his rightful place as a principal architect of the modern age.... Seifer provides the fullest account yet of Tesla as an entrepreneur, experimental physicist and inventor.
Boxed & Starred PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century.... making us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived.... a masterpiece. Author NELSON DEMILLE

Seifer's biography rescues [Tesla] from oblivion, bringing back to life the amazingly creative intellect that gave us fluorescent lighting, wireless communication, cheap electrical power and the remote control. But Seifer also resurrects the wounded, self-destructive personality who never recovered from the loss of a favored older brother and who spiraled into weird obsessions, mental collapse and poverty as he watched other men use his inventions to win fame and riches. Seifer does an admirable job of explaining his subject's technical feats and analyzing his psychological idiosyncrasies. Tinged with pathos, this meticulously researched biography deserves attention from all who would understand the human tragedies played out in the shadows of our neon culture.

Today, his work tends to be poorly known among scientists, though...

Click to expand...

Really?

I'd say "scientists" would probably want to be "citizens".

The shock wave hit Dec. 12, 1901. That day, Marconi succeeded in sending radio signals across the Atlantic, crushing Tesla’s hopes for pioneering glory.

Click to expand...

At least while he was alive.

1944 - Tesla is finally awarded the Patent for Radio. The US Supreme Court confirms that Marconi’s patents infringed on Tesla's earlier designs, and Tesla finally wins … one year after his death.

Click to expand...

Tesla said in 1915 that we'd regret establishing a petroleum based economy. In his opinion, oil was marvelous stuff, and too scarce to be wasted by burning it for fuel.


Here are some Nikola Tesla video/ info:


Studio 360: Nikola Tesla: Strange Genius

PBS: Tesla - Master of Lightning

Nikola Tesla Inventors' Club

Wardenclyffe Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was obsessive compulsive and never married (go figure).
http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=61