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re: So Tesla wanted to develop free wireless electricity
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:54 pm to mpar98
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.
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:56 pm to Napoleon
Edison was a sick MFer. I don't know why he's regarded as a hero.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:08 pm to Napoleon
Tesla's wireless energy looks like an awesome way to get cancer. 
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:12 pm to Napoleon
Napoleon, you have your facts screwed up...
Edison invented DC, which can only be transmitted over a short distance. It would have required power stations every mile or so.
Tesla invented AC, which we use today, which can be transmitted over much longer distances.
Edison used the Elephant experiment to discredit Tesla and try to demonstrate that AC was too dangerous. It failed however, as Tesla's AC won out because of its supeioroirty over Edison DC plan.
Edison invented DC, which can only be transmitted over a short distance. It would have required power stations every mile or so.
Tesla invented AC, which we use today, which can be transmitted over much longer distances.
Edison used the Elephant experiment to discredit Tesla and try to demonstrate that AC was too dangerous. It failed however, as Tesla's AC won out because of its supeioroirty over Edison DC plan.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:19 pm to Napoleon
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Edison proved the dangers of AC by using it to kill an elephant.
Geez, that experiment is on Youtube.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 4:09 pm to Napoleon
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Edison wanted DC power, Tesla wanted AC. Edison proved the dangers of AC by using it to kill an elephant.
That was only a drop in bucket of the shite that Edison pulled. Westinghouse bought a lot of Tesla's patents and hired him as well. Edison tried relentlessly to scare the public about the 'dangers' of AC. Not only did he fry that elephant, he electrocuted many animals trying to associate AC with death. So much so, I'm pretty certain Edison and his partner were behind the first electric chair execution. He wanted the electrical executions to be termed something like "getting Westinghoused". Edison was a ruthless bastard and somehow got written into history as a some great inventor.
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