Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain together in Tesla's Lab, Spring 1894

Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain together in Tesla's Lab, Spring 1894, a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Dude. This is out of control. I never thought they were in a photo together. To me, it was crazy enough that they were even friends, but this picture? AAAAAAAAAH!!!

And yeah, writers/fans of "Sanctuary"? Tesla was NOT a vampire. Though, he does look like one in this picture. :

"Tesla and Twain" does kind of sound like a TV action show, doesn't it?

"TESLA AND TWAIN: One is a master of words, the other is a master of electricity! Together they shock you speechless!"

...or something like that...

 

Pic found via Nemoi who found it via destoosonsogno and pile, who posted it originally.

Nikola Tesla's birthday!

website666:

Yesterday was the birthday of one of the most amazing scientists whom you have likely never heard of—Nikola Tesla!

turnofthecentury:

i12bent:July 10, 1856 was the birthday of one of the great scientists of the Victorian epoch, Nikola Tesla (d. 1943)…

Tesla was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems.[ more Tesla here]

What that excerpt above means to say is: Nikola Tesla made it possible for our lives to be the way they are today.

Seriously, the man worked out how to deliver electricity to those wall outlets we plug all our crap into.  The man is a true hero to all of humankind and yet hardly anyone knows what he did.  Last month we saw Neil deGrasse Tyson give a Q&A talk at the American Museum of Natural History where Tyson explained that if he had a time machine he’d go back in time and hang out with Newton.  I say screw Newton—I wanna hang with the Tesla! If you haven’t heard of Tesla or have but want to learn more, I highly recommend finding a copy of The Man Who Invented the 20th Century by Robert Lomas. It’s a great read and tells you all about Tesla’s life and how history largely “forgot” him.

Happy Late Birthday, Nikola! You are remembered, sir!!

It turns out that the legendary inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla...

“It turns out that the legendary inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla (1856 to 1943) predicted mobile phones in 1909. In an interview with the New York Times (pictured below), published in Popular Mechanics, Tesla states that “It will soon be possible, for instance, for a business man in New York to dictate instructions and have them appear in type in London or elsewhere. He will be able to call from his desk and talk with any telephone subscriber in the world. It will only be necessary to carry an inexpensive instrument no bigger than a watch, which will enable its bearer to hear anywhere on sea or land for distances of thousands of miles.”

-Nikola Tesla predicted mobile phones in 1909 - Recombu

Nikola Tesla is history’s best kept amazing secret.  It’s a crime how little we hear about this guy.  Sure Edison may have invented the light bulb but without Tesla, only the rich could afford to light their homes with them.

Tesla created Alternating Current—that’s the stuff that comes out of your wall outlet.
Yeah, Tesla rocks.