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In the United States, Tesla’s reputation in history or popular culture rivals that of any other inventor or scientist. After he demonstrated wireless communication in 1893 and became the winner of the Battle of the Electric Currents, he became highly respected as one of America's greatest electrical engineers. Many of his early results became precursors to modern electronic engineering, and many of his discoveries were groundbreaking and important. In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized him as the inventor of radio.
In his later years, Tesla was regarded as a mad scientist and was noted for his claims to create bizarre scientific inventions. Many of his achievements have been used with some controversy to support many pseudosciences, such as UFO theory and New Age occult theories. Tesla's contemporary admirers regard him as "the man who created the twentieth century." He is a great man forgotten by the world. He invented the alternator, and Edison loved the DC generator he invented, so he worked with some companies to suppress Tesla. If Tesla had not been forced to give up the patent rights of alternating current for the world to use for free ($2.53 per horsepower), he would be the richest man in the world. His dream is to provide the world with inexhaustible energy. Tesla never cared about his financial situation and died poor and forgotten at the age of 86. Although he was a genius, it is a pity that not many people remember him.
He accurately predicted the First World War and World War II, had a premonition about the Titanic crash, and conceived the mobile phone Internet of our era
Tesla’s interest in robotics and ballistics He has made contributions to various fields such as information science, nuclear physics and theoretical physics. In addition to the above, he himself has special powers, and is also related to weird inventions such as super powers, flying saucers, and particle beam weapons. Even the Tunguska explosion was suspected to be related to him. But after Tesla's death was made public, the government-affiliated Bureau of Foreign Assets Supervision and Administration still obtained his research materials and patents. At the time of his death, Tesla continued his research on teleforce weapons and death rays. Although he was unsuccessful in selling these weapons to the U.S. War Department. His proposed death ray appears to be related to his work on ball lightning and plasma, and is believed to be a particle beam weapon. The U.S. government found no safe prototype device. After the War Department contacted the FBI, his research was declared top secret. On the advice of presidential advisors, all of his personal belongings were seized; John Edgar Hoover declared all of Tesla's research top secret due to the nature of Tesla's inventions and patents.
After Tesla invented the "alternating current generator", he began to study the feasibility of "free energy".
In 1889, he built a laboratory in Colorado Springs, USA, and concentrated on studying the principles and reactions of the "Tesla coil". In 1895, when his invention career was at its peak, a bizarre fire burned down the entire laboratory. Half of his life's research efforts, all precious research equipment and scientific experimental materials were burned. Sri Lanka's economy suffered serious losses. Under this cruel blow, he was at a loss. After a long period of silence and recovery, in 1901, he came back from the pain and looked for partners. As a result, he received an investment of US$150,000 and another US$1 million loan from the world's richest man, J.P. Morgan. , the first large-scale "Tesla Coil" was built on Long Island in the United States to provide "wireless communication" and "wireless power transmission" on both sides of the Atlantic. In fact, the "Tesla coil" is a technological invention that can not only transmit information waves over long distances, but also convert energy (electricity) into high-frequency waves, allowing humans to enter a pollution-free "free energy" life inside. But in our current lives, we only use the technology of "wireless communication". This world broadcasting system was named "Wardendyffe Project".
In fact, in Tesla's mind, a life of "free energy" was only part of the overall idea. More unexpected inventions will be given to this world.
Unfortunately, in 1903, just as Tesla's project was progressing to a critical moment, his radio invention patent was stolen. As a result, investor J.P. Morgan withdrew all financial assistance and investment. Tesla put down his research and looked for loans everywhere. He even asked the "Westinghouse Company" for help (in 1896, when the "Westinghouse Company" was in financial difficulties, Tesla had Generously assisting the company to tide over the difficulties). However, at that time, Wei Company saw that the plan was unprofitable, so not only did it not provide assistance, but it even worsened the situation and demanded Tesla's loans for related equipment, thereby accelerating the collapse of Tesla's business. Under pressure from power companies, water companies and unpaid workers, Tesla demolished the transmission tower and bought the materials to repay debts. Tesla's economy was on the verge of bankruptcy.
An invention that was supposed to have made a great contribution to mankind was stillborn at the hands of selfish businessmen.
In 1916, Tesla was summoned by the court for defaulting on personal income tax, and the ruthless news media publicized it even more, causing the genius inventor to suffer a great physical and mental blow. In his later years, Tesla became even more depressed and lonely. On January 7, 1943, poor Tesla died alone in a dilapidated hotel. It turns out that there is actually a lot of information in our lives, just like the inventions and life of Tesla, a scientist who has been working hard to study and contribute to mankind, will be unfairly suppressed.
As we enter the hot month of July, we believe that the most enjoyable thing is to sit at home and enjoy the coolness slowly provided by the air conditioner in this extremely hot weather. Air-conditioning; enjoying the ice cream taken out of the refrigerator; looking at the blue sky and a few leisurely white clouds outside through the glass. But after the summer vacation, when I received the electricity bill notice from the power company, it made people think of the price paid for such a cool and comfortable life! Is there really no "free electricity" in this world? If so, it would save many accidents caused by suffocating people due to the hot weather.
In fact, it turns out that the "Tesla Coil" invented by the scientist Tesla 100 years ago can already provide completely "free" electricity. It turns out that if a "large Tesla coil" is built on the top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, the electric energy released by the "coil" can be received by a "receiving capacitor" anywhere on Hong Kong Island. Even if the number of "receiving capacitors" continues to increase, it will never affect the output of power supplied by the "coil". In other words, as long as the "coil" outputs 100,000 horsepower, all "receiving capacitors" within a 35-mile radius can receive 100,000 horsepower. Even if 10,000 or 1 million more "receiving capacitors" are added, Capacitor", these 10,000 or 1 million "receiving capacitors" can also receive 100,000 horsepower of electricity in the air. Because the "high voltage and high frequency" current it releases can induce neutrons in other air to release the same electrons. This is the difference between the "Tesla Coil" and ordinary "free energy" inventions.
To put it more realistically, as long as Hong Kong builds "Tesla coils" in several locations, every place in Hong Kong can enjoy "free electricity". Our vehicles, cars, trains, ships, airplanes, mobile phones, white light lamps, computers, elevators, refrigerators and air conditioners can all use "free electricity". pity! This "free energy" that was identified 100 years ago is still unfairly suppressed today! In various countries, only a small number of people are allowed to manufacture it on an experimental basis, and it cannot be promoted as one of the main power supply methods.
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Personal experience
On July 10, 1856, he was born in Smiljan, Croatia, Yugoslavia. His father was a priest and his mother was a beater. Inventor of the egg machine. Throughout his life, Nikola Tesla made countless inventions. In 1882, shortly after Edison invented direct current (DC), he invented alternating current (AC), built the world's first alternator, and created a number of power transmission technologies. In 1895, he manufactured generator sets for the Niagara Power Station in the United States, which is still one of the world's famous hydropower stations. In 1897, he made Marconi's theory of radio communication a reality. In 1898, he built the world's first radio-controlled boat and patented radio-controlled technology (U.S. Patent No. #613.809). In 1899, he invented X-ray (X-Ray) photography technology. Even the magnetic density unit named after him (1 Tesla = 10,000 Gause) further demonstrates his contribution to magnetism.
When he was young, Tesla was very smart and could complete complex calculations quickly in his mind. His teachers always thought he was cheating.
Tesla spoke many languages fluently. In addition to Croatian, he speaks 7 languages: Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin.
In middle age, Tesla and Mark Twain became close friends, and they spent a lot of time in the laboratory and other places.
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Quotes
Genius comes from diligence. In order to devote himself to scientific research, Tesla never married. He said: "Electricity has injected the most precious things into my tired and weak body - the vitality of life and the vitality of spirit." In order to turn his ideas into practical inventions, he was reluctant to sleep and only slept for more than 2 hours a day. In the end, he obtained more than 1,000 invention patents alone. There is a saying: "Genius is hard-working and hard-working, and there is no need to whip up a whip; work hard all your life to act in a big show, and create amazing achievements in the world." Tesla's patent was conceived and written by him alone, and he is a veritable patent inventor. ; And Edison's patent was completed by the huge experimental team of the General Electric Company he founded. Edison owned the patent because he was the boss of General Electric Company. Edison was not the real inventor of the patent; Tesla graduated from the University of Prague , Edison did not graduate from elementary school. Therefore, in a one-to-one comparison, the lone ranger Tesla's personal scientific and inventive achievements are many times greater than the purely commercial invention achievements of Edison, who completely relied on the commercial R&D team. Although he continued to devote himself to research and creation throughout his life, and obtained about 1,000 invention patents.
But his lifelong research was not for his own benefit. Tesla's most prolific creative years were spent in the United States. Much of it remains unrepeatable to this day. For example: radiated energy receiver. We know nothing about how it works, except that it is a converter of cosmic ray energy. Unfortunately, entrepreneurs of his generation took advantage of the love and talent of this talented scientist, defrauded him of his research results and honors, and became rich because of his inventions. But Tesla is impoverished and has been experiencing financial constraints for many years. Sometime between the evening of January 5 and the morning of January 8, 1943, Tesla died alone of heart failure in a New York hotel at the age of 86. Tesla was deeply in debt when he died because he refused to sell his alternating current patent.
Wardenclyffe Tower (15 photos)
Why has such an extraordinary scientist been forgotten by history? No one has ever praised it? Because although his alternative inventions made great contributions to mankind, they also caused many profitable companies to collapse instantly. Those who suppressed him included Edison and J. Pierpont Morgan (John Pierpont) who supported him and then abandoned him. Morgan), etc. After his death, the US government secretly deleted historical records and reports about him. Most of his research results were confiscated and classified as high-level secrets, so his name was erased.
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The heresy of the era: the invention of alternating current
In 1888, many newspapers at the time reported that the famous inventor Thomas Edison claimed Nikola Tesla is a major "heretic" in the scientific community. The alternating current (AC) he invented directly affects the safety of human life. Tesla's death light and infinite long-distance transmission of 100 million volt electrical devices have repeatedly Showing how dogs and cats died instantly after passing through alternating current (the "electric chair" execution was inspired by this - it is said that in order to combat alternating current, Edison bribed some state government officials in the United States to change the local death penalty from hanging to direct current electrocution. But direct current electricity can't kill anyone, but can electrocute all prisoners half to death).
But in fact, today everyone knows how much the world needs alternating current. The invention of alternating current improved people's lives, enhanced industrial development and accelerated scientific progress. But why did Edison repeatedly attack alternating current and its inventor, Tesla? The answer is that the emergence of alternating current directly threatened Edison's direct current business. Because there are too many shortcomings and limitations in using direct current. For example, DC power is not conducive to long-distance transmission, and power stations must be added every 1 kilometer, but AC power can be transformed by transformers for long-distance transmission. Using DC power is more expensive, and its efficiency is far less than that of AC power. Based on conflicts of interest, Edison tried his best to suppress Tesla's invention.
Prior to this, Tesla invented 24 new products for the great scientist Edison, including a series of redesigns of DC generators and DC motors, which were patented by Edison and mass-produced. Edison also made a lot of money from it, but Edison refused to give Tesla the promised bonuses, not even a salary increase, and said it was "American humor." As a result, Tesla became angry and broke away from Edison and his company. This was the prelude to the historic War of Currents.
In 1888, Tesla received support from Geovge Westinghouse, an entrepreneur from Westing House, to develop an alternating current system that had been conceived for 6 years. Half a year later, the alternating current generator he developed was patented, and he was invited by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to explain and demonstrate the research results of the alternating current system. Because the efficiency of alternating current is far superior to that of direct current, alternating current began to be widely used and gradually replaced the traditional direct current. Driven by profit, Edison vigorously criticized Tesla and branded him a "scientific heretic", and a scientific persecution began. Although alternating current has become the mainstream of industrial and social power supply and a necessity in our daily lives, the name of Nikola Tesla has always been forgotten, and has not even received due justice. This is the masterpiece of "orthodox" science.
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The centenary-marked Niagara Hydropower Station
If you have ever been to Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls) in the United States, I believe everyone will be amazed by this magnificent picture. He expressed sincere admiration for the wonders. Tens of thousands of tons of river water converged from all directions, pouring down with the force of landslides and ground cracks. The rumbling sound of the sudden impact of the river water was terrifying. This ever-flowing river contains unexpectedly rich resources.
Tesla Coil (16 photos)
In 1897, the first 100,000-horsepower power station was built in the world-famous Niagara Hydropower Station, which became New York City 35 kilometers away. The main source of power supply for The City of Buffalo. Since then, more than a dozen large and small power stations have been built one after another, and the electricity produced every day is enough to supply a quarter of the total demand of New York State in the United States and Ontario, Canada.
To this day, this power construction, which was built over 100 years ago, is still operating as usual and has never stopped producing natural energy. It can be said to be a miracle in the scientific history of mankind in the past century.
This century-old miracle in science is a design created by the genius scientist Tesla when he was in his thirties. It used 9 of his patented inventions, including Tesla's invention of alternating current generators and alternating current transmission technology.
In fact, at that time, industrial and commercial, public facilities and household appliances all used expensive direct current. Because of the losses in the circuit, when using direct current, a generator set must be built every one kilometer. Therefore, when building the Niagara Hydropower Station, it was impossible to transmit the power in the form of direct current to Buffalo, New York, 35 kilometers away. Therefore, when building the Niagara Hydropower Station, the Americans adopted the AC power supply and transmission technology invented by Tesla, and used high-voltage power to achieve long-distance power supply. This epoch-making invention not only solves the problem of long-distance power supply from the Niagara Hydropower Station, but also brings people a convenient and cheap electricity consumption environment.
Later, people erected a bronze statue of Tesla in the park of Niagara Falls to commemorate his contribution to the Niagara Hydropower Station.
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Selfless dedication: exempt from patent royalties on alternating current
Tesla’s lifetime of inventions bear witness to his selfless contribution to society. Although he devoted his life to continuous research and obtained about 1,000 patented inventions. But in his later years, he was in poverty and suffered from financial constraints for many years. Although many entrepreneurs took advantage of this genius scientist's love and talent and defrauded him of his research results and honors, in his later years he still worked hard to research and invent for the happiness of mankind.
Among Tesla's many inventions, the ones that have benefited the public the most are alternating current (AC) and AC generators. In every corner of the world, the development of economy and trade, scientific progress and enjoyment of life are inseparable from the help of alternating current. The blackouts in the United States and Europe at the end of 2003 brought social and economic paralysis. As early as 1882, Tesla had invented the world's first alternating current generator, and in 1885 he invented multi-phase current and multi-phase power transmission technology, which is now the 50-60 Hz (Hertz) method of power transmission widely used around the world. .
After Edison invented direct current, electrical appliances were widely used, but the electricity bill was very high, so operating and exporting direct current became the most profitable business at that time. By 1884, after Tesla left the Edison Company, he met George Westinghouse, the head of the Westinghouse Company, and with his support, he officially brought alternating current to the society of the day in 1888. At the opening of the World's Fair in Chicago in January 1893, Tesla shocked the crowd by demonstrating that alternating current could power 90,000 light bulbs simultaneously, as direct current simply could not achieve this effect. Afterwards, Tesla obtained the right to undertake the electrical design of the Niagara Hydropower Station based on this demonstration.
Since then, alternating current has made a comeback, replacing direct current as the mainstream power supply. Tesla owned the patent for alternating current. At that time, Tesla had to pay a royalty of US$1 for each AC produced. Driven by strong interests, a consortium at that time threatened Tesla to give up this patent and intended to monopolize and profit. After many negotiations, Tesla decided to give up the alternating current patent, on the condition that the alternating current patent would be permanently public. From then on, he tore up the patent on alternating current and lost the right to collect royalties. From then on, alternating current was no longer patented and became a free invention.
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Nikola Tesla’s early years
According to rumors, Tesla was born to a man named Nikola Tesla in the middle of the night with lightning and thunder. Among the Serbian families in the village called Smiljan. The village is located near Gospič in the Lika district of the Austrian Empire (now the Republic of Croatia). His baptismal record proves that he was born on June 28, 1856 (Julian calendar, converted to the current Gregorian calendar is July 10). He was baptized by Serbian Orthodox priest Toma Oklobd?ija. His father, Rev. Milutin Tesla, was a priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Sremski Karlovci Diocese. His mother, named ?uka Mandi?, was the daughter of a Serbian Orthodox priest and was very good at making household hand tools. She could memorize many Serbian epic poems, but she never learned to read. His godfather, Jovan Drenovac, was an army captain who defended the military frontier. Tesla was one of five children, with a brother (Dane, who died in a horse riding accident when Nikolai was five years old) and three sisters (Milka, Angelina and Marica). In 1862 his family moved to Gospiña. Tesla attended school in Karlovac, Croatia, and studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Graz in Austria in 1875. There he studied the applications of alternating current. At least two sources indicate that he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Graz.
However, his school claimed that he never received a degree and that he only attended the first semester of his freshman year and stopped attending classes during that period. According to his college roommate, Tesla never graduated. In 1878, he left Graz and severed all ties with his family. His friends thought he had drowned in Mura. He went to Marbori, Slovenia, where he was first employed as an assistant engineer for a year. During this period he suffered from neurasthenia. His father had been urging him to return to the Charles-Ferdinand branch of the University of Prague, so he went there to study for the summer semester in 1880.
However, when his father died, he left college, completing only one semester