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    mind of which belonged to Nikola Tesla. Too advanced for his time, Tesla’s ideas prove to be brilliant in today’s time. Tesla’s inventions and ideas lead to the advancement of society. Tesla believed that electricity could be found all around the world, and that it was easy to access. When Tesla came to America, he met an Indian Guru who taught Tesla about prana. The basis of prana is that energy surrounds us all, and is constantly active and moving. From then on, Tesla described the universe as…

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    testing lead to an effective vaccine protecting people even to today. Earlier in 1893 The State readers can read a recap of an exhibit held by Nikola Tesla. The exhibit was on the topic of alternating current. Tesla took 200,000 volts of electricity through himself during the show. He showed off different tricks playing around with electricity current. Tesla said he believed New York and Philadelphia would be able to run off the power harnessed by Niagara Falls in the future. (The State) People…

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    modern day consumption and usage. Electrical engineering was first pioneered in the early 19th century, and great progress had been made by the time the 19th century came to a close. Most of the advancements were made by the likes of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse; who all aided in making electricity what it is today. In 1878 Thomas Edison started out by working on a long lasting incandescent lamp, that overcame the problems that some of the earlier designs by other…

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    “His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who…

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    Nikola Tesla's Obsession

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    Nikola Tesla is widely regarded as one of the greatest inventing minds of the 20th century. Throughout his life, Tesla's obsession over his work allowed him to make numerous contributions to the world of electricity, many of which helped to usher in the high tech era which we are accustomed to today. Most people are aware of at least one of his discoveries, whether it is alternating current, wireless communication, or wireless controlling, but few people are aware that Tesla may have made…

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    Lee de Forest, also known as ‘Father of Radio Broadcasting’ and some of his peers were one of the first people to send a public radio broadcast, the broadcast was sent from the Eiffel Tower. The radio is the single best invention out of all the inventions our class discussed. Firstly, the radio gave us communication for when satisfactory moment happen or when dissatisfactory events happens. The radio saved countless lives when people were in life threatening situations. Secondly, the radio…

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    When those limitations were made public, Edison launched a propaganda campaign to convince the people of the superiority of direct current. This War of the Currents as it was called, brought in the involvement of Nikola Tesla, who happened to be an inventor and rival of Thomas Edison. Tesla had created the alternating current power generator. Alternating current eventually proved to be a better power transmitting system than using direct current. In 1888, Edison started working on inventing a…

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    Week 4 Family and Friends Task 7 – Ten suppressed inventions Suppressed inventions are inventions that have been put an end to it by force. Wardenclyffe Tower is one of the suppressed inventions developed by Nikola Tesla. It could successfully send wireless electricity to any part of the world in abundance (Free Energy, n.d.). Although it has been suppressed because the funding for it was cut by J.P. Morgan, who also ostracized any further funding from any other organizations. Wardenclyffe tower…

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    Conceived on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Edison ascended from humble beginnings to fill in as an innovator of significant innovation. Setting up a lab in Menlo Park, a portion of the items he created incorporated the transmit, phonograph, the primary monetarily handy brilliant electric light, soluble capacity batteries and Kinetograph (a camera for films). He kicked the bucket on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. At age 12, Edison embarked to give a lot of that…

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    The Warlock Of Menlo Park

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    wasn’t the only person working on or dealing with electricity. Nikola Tesla was also a part of this current battle as he decided that alternating current was better while Edison stuck with direct current. This lead to a fierce rivalry between both men that even lead to some rumors being spread that dealt with Edison trying to defame alternating…

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