Think Nikola Tesla in the 1890s or Wernher von Braun in the 1930s or Doug Engelbart in the 1960s.
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Nikola Tesla's invention of the electric induction motor in 1883 only strengthened AC's industrial dominance, since the motors ran only on AC.
Nikola Tesla's invention of the electric induction motor in 1883 only strengthened AC's industrial dominance, since the motors could run only on AC.
But his rival and, some would argue, intellectual superior, Nikola Tesla , spent his last years feeding pigeons outside New York's Public Library, and died nearly penniless.
Last Friday, the great blogger Matt Novak (who you should read often) uncovered evidence that Nikola Tesla, writing in 1935, had expressed his support for Eugenics.
People may one day compare him with Nikola Tesla, the famous Serbian inventor and futurist after whom Musk named his other big venture, which makes sleek electrically-powered automobiles.
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After witnessing the media fervor and outpouring of praise on social networks by tens of millions for Jobs, and nothing close to that for Ritchie, one name came to my mind: Nikola Tesla.
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At the World Architecture Festival, Nikken Sekkei took home the sustainable building award for its evaporative cooling bioskin building in Tokyo, and science fans successfully purchased Nikola Tesla's old Long Island workshop to turn it into a museum.
As I wrote in my interview with The Oatmeal, he told me that a fundraiser was in order to protect the property from where Nikola Tesla himself once worked, and a Tesla Museum would be a great way to honor his namesake.
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