Legendary inventor and iconoclast Nikola Tesla was born 153 years ago today (thanks for the reminder, Google home page). In his day, he was widely viewed as Thomas Edison’s archest of rivals; today he’s largely viewed as the prototypical mad scientist and as muse to a variety of pop musicians and indie filmmakers, not to mention an upstart electric carmaker.
Tesla was also a pioneer in the area of electromagnetic
induction, the technology underlying the Palm Touchstone Charging Dock.
So if you’re enjoying the convenience of connector-free Pre charging, be sure
to wish Tesla a happy birthday as your Pre magnetically snaps onto its charging
dock.
Jon Zilber
Edison was a joke. Tesla is one of the greatest minds who ever lived. He is frequently cited as one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, a man who "shed light over the face of Earth." He revolutionized the field of electricity and magnetism, generally invented alternating current systems, invented wireless communication (the radio), and contributed to the establishment of robotics, remote control, radar and computer science, and to the expansion of ballistics, nuclear physics, and theoretical physics. In his last years, he was even on the verge of finishing his universal theory of gravity, which would accurately do what physicists today cannot: amalgamate universal forces into one overarching force.
Posted by: Cole | July 10, 2009 at 07:20 PM
Amazing story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Posted by: Michael Prenez-Isbell | July 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM