Saturday, July 05, 2008

The Tesla Papers

Nikola Tesla is a genius. He is not as well known as Thomas Edison or Marconi. Edison is known to be the father of electric light. Tesla invented the electrical system that we use in our homes and factories today - the AC or alternating current electricity. Tesla also invented the radio. He designed and build extremely high voltage machine that shoots out lightnings and generate man-made ball lightning. Ball lightning is extremely rare. It is a ball of plasma floating around and will destroy whatever it touches.
In the Tesla Papers, there is an anecdote that Nikola tap energy from atmosphere. In a small box with several vaccuum tube, he can power an electric car up to 90 miles an hour without any need to recharge. Whoever can recreate this will be the richest guy or gal on earth with oil at US$140 per barrel!

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