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So Tesla wanted to develop free wireless electricity
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:49 pm
But Edison's version allowed for commercial profit(if I remember the story correctly)...any chance that happens in the future? In an airport right now looking at everyone plugged in.
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:52 pm to mpar98
Edison was DC and Tesla was AC.
Two totally different types of electricity.
Two totally different types of electricity.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:52 pm to mpar98
Tesla's inventions were seized shortly after death for national security purposes. The man was clearly ahead of his time. God only knows what else he came up with that was never released.
Also he invented AC current, which is much more prevalent than DC, so that was his lasting gift.
Also he invented AC current, which is much more prevalent than DC, so that was his lasting gift.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:53 pm to mpar98
Supposedly he actually did. It was broadcast from a tower like a radio signal.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:53 pm to mpar98
Didn't it come down to currents? Edison used AC, which was able to be pushed over longer distances safer than the DC Tesla proposed.
Edit: or opposite with the currents they developed...
Edit: or opposite with the currents they developed...
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:54 pm to mpar98
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So Tesla wanted to develop free wireless electricity
But Edison's version allowed for commercial profit(if I remember the story correctly)...any chance that happens in the future? In an airport right now looking at everyone plugged in.
That's a little off and condensed.
Edison wanted DC power, Tesla wanted AC. Edison proved the dangers of AC by using it to kill an elephant.
His DC systems won out...Until a few years later he and his company realized AC was the better option and they switched to that anyway. Taking control of many of Tesla's patents and ideas, as Tesla worked for Edison when many of the products were tested.
After this and becoming a recluse, Tesla began working on an idea to transmit wireless electricity.
The plans never leaked out. Tesla was considered insane and discredited.
We may never know if he was on to something or not.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:54 pm to mpar98
Edison made Tesla like dig ditches when he worked for him.
"This is awful. I am inventing electricity and you look like an a-hole. You look like a fricking idiot." Tesla to Edison
"This is awful. I am inventing electricity and you look like an a-hole. You look like a fricking idiot." Tesla to Edison
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:06 pm to mpar98
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So Tesla wanted to develop free wireless electricity
So by what free means would this electricity have been generated?
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:21 pm to mpar98
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:25 pm to mpar98
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:29 pm to mpar98
On a related note, the Tesla museum in Belgrade is worth a visit.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:31 pm to mpar98
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:31 pm to mpar98
Wireless electricity. What could go wrong?
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:59 pm to mpar98
A giant tesla coil is not feasible nor safe, and most power is used by electric motors which requires the 60hz frequency the grid uses for rotation
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to mpar98
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:17 pm to mpar98
Tesla was good Edison was evil
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:47 pm to mpar98
They'll sell you on Marconi
Familiar but phony
Familiar but phony
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:48 pm to mpar98
oops...
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:56 pm to mpar98
There is a belief that the whole Tunguska event was Tesla testing one of his wireless electricity inventions.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:17 pm to mpar98
Wireless Power Transmission is making a comeback, and most current experiments revolve around transmitting at radio frequency or microwaves, which are both non-ionizing radiation.
Resonant Inductive Coupling is being used to transfer usable energy over distances of several meters in the MHz range. None of that is particularly dangerous.
We know it can be done and it has been done widely for years, efficiency is the main problem.
Resonant Inductive Coupling is being used to transfer usable energy over distances of several meters in the MHz range. None of that is particularly dangerous.
We know it can be done and it has been done widely for years, efficiency is the main problem.
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