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Our everyday activities, from turning on the light to watching television, listening to the radio and even talking on the cell phone, could not be carried out without the inventions of Nikola Tesla. However, on several occasions, his devotion to science and his plans were not appreciated, and his inventions were attributed to other people. This genuine man marked a before and after in history; His visions, creations and legacy are evidence that he is the father of modern electrical energy. Tesla was an inventor who, without expecting anything in return, dedicated his love and every minute to his experiments, which were his true passion and purpose in life.
He also devised wireless remote controls and the first radio-controlled boat that used what he called his "mental power" or "teleautomatic system." Neon light and fluorescent lighting, as well as the first x-ray photographs, are also inventions that he patented, but the idea that revolutionized the world was the wireless transmission of electrical energy and wireless communication. In 1893, in Saint Louis, he showed these inventions before the National Lighting Association and shortly after, the Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in London showed the same patent for transmitting radio waves, but he was denied, because it had been an invention of the Serbian. However, in 1904, the United States Patent Office reversed its decision on Tesla's radio patent. It was speculated that Marconi had great financial support from Edison and Andrew Carnegie. When Tesla died in 1943, the United States Supreme Court restored his radio patent, as he deserved.
Thanks to the support of Westinghouse and after a long battle to test and finance the patent, Tesla was able to realize his dream of harnessing the power of Niagara Falls. "On November 16, 1896, the switch at Niagara Falls flipped and the first delivery of electricity arrived in the city of Buffalo, New York, just a second ahead," Aldrich says in his book. After a few years, there were generators from Niagara Falls that were used to generate electricity for New York City. However, the association with Westinghouse was not so financially fruitful, as the businessman was left owing $12 million.
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For Tesla, wireless transmission of energy was possible and all through the energy produced by the planet itself. According to Aldrich, "Tesla believed that the Earth emitted a frequency that could be used as a carrier wave through the ionosphere," and that energy could be transformed into current. In his laboratory in Colorado Springs he experimented with this idea and declared that the Earth was alive and had energy, that when struck by lightning, it could transmit its waves to other parts. With the help of architect Stanford White and investor John P. Morgan, he had a great project in mind: transmitting energy wirelessly around the world, for which he built the Wardenclyffe Tower on Long Island (New York), but at that time Marconi announced the patent for radio waves, so investor Morgan lost interest in supporting Tesla's project. This was one of the most difficult periods of his life, as he had no resources to carry out his vision. The great inventor spent his final years struggling with debt rather than living in prosperity, as did those who made money from his work.
He died on January 7, 1943; One day after his death, the FBI spent hours and hours at his home. They took everything they could and there is even speculation that the public is unaware of most of these valuable research documents. Many documents were categorized with the label "Government", but where the rest of his papers are located is still a secret. Some were taken by the FBI, others were supposedly delivered to other countries by Tesla, and there was suspicion that his nephew wanted to sell them to the enemies of the United States.
Nikola Tesla's legacy and his magnificent mind are still with us. Every spark of light, every sound on the radio, the electric car revolution pioneered by Tesla Motors, even the rock band that bears his name, are reminders that this genius not only shaped our lives, but is still the father of the future.
By Ana Kopcalic
Hey, I'm not just father of the twenty-first century, I'm the father of the third millennium.
Nikola Tesla The Man Who Illuminated The World
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