pasta and vinegar (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Being involved in a project about the Internet of Things and electricity consumption led me back to some stunning texts by Nikola Tesla, written back at the end of the 19th century. For instance, in “On Electricity“, “I wish much to tell you on this occasion—I may say I actually burn for desire of telling you—what [...]
TruthSeeker24's anti-N.W.O. corner (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
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MSNBC.com: Tech News & Reviews (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... is to focus each episode on the life and innovations of one inventor, and the pilot is about Nikola Tesla. Pettis didn’t want to infect his flow by watching David Bowie’s critically-acclaimed portrayal of “The Father of Physics,” a pivotal — albeit fictionalized — character in the film. Perfectly reasonable. Lots of these creative types censor their sensory input for just that reason....
io9 (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... from my closet." And this week he starts with a bang by recreating some of electricity maniac Nikola Tesla's lightning-spewing inventions.Here's a teaser that gives you a feel for how the show will look.If you're a History Channel science show nerd like I am, you can appreciate how much of a departure this is for the channel. Most of their shows do fun stuff like go on location to...
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Nikola Tesla, the great inventor and has more than 270 patents in the field of electricity and magnetism and sometime being called “The man who invented the twentieth century”, somehow is still being underrated and unpopular in comparisons to other great names like Newton, Einstein or even Edison. Watch also these Tesla coils. @ haha.nu.
HowStuffWorks: Daily Stuff Feed (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Who made it possible to light up your home at night? Thomas Edison, right? Yes, but without the work of Nikola Tesla, we would be living in a different world.
Cnytr (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla -- at last in comics A particularly talented, starving artist friend of mine has created her own webcomic Poor Butterfly. Think: prohibition-era crime-fighting flapper. At present it is still in the early stages of the story line, and I await the rest of it on pins and needles. SARAH KEEP UPDATING IT. Quite the feast for the eyes. Feed your starved vision!...
Venture Beat (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... Startups such as Powercast , WildCharge and Powerbeam are working on the technology as well . Nikola Tesla , the scientist who was working on wireless power around the turn of the last century, would be proud. Watch the video below for more on Intel’s efforts: [photo: flickr/nick nunns and Intel ]
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... called Vlachs, herding their sheep westwards along the mighty Carpathian mountain range. (((Nikola Tesla was a Vlach.))) The Wallachian Kingdom is not real. It was founded by Tomas and a couple of friends as an elaborate practical joke. But as practical jokes go, it has become very serious. Since its creation in 1997, the Wallachian Kingdom has grown into one of the most successful...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Sharp Corp. and TDK Corp. have revived the apparently never-ending DC vs. AC debate, first contested by Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... innovation roads not taken. Just as delayed for decades the glorious electrical utopia promised by Nikola Tesla's alternating current, we have had to wait nearly a century for an inventor the challenge the Axle Industrial Complex's stranglehold on the stroller market. I'm afraid they won't go quietly.But the tires are merely a means to an end. Ljus's focus has always been--where else?--on...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Victoria: Brilliant! is an exuberant ride through the life of Nikola Tesla, the inventor whose visionary work and ideas (wireless communication, robotics) continue to shape and light our world today.
Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Set your DVRs on record tonight, do-it-yourselfers: Bre Pettis (of MAKE and Etsy) debuts his new TV show, History Hacker , tonight on the History Channel at 8PM. In it, Pettis is out to recreate inventions of the past using "stuff in his closet." Pettis writes: The pilot is all about Nikola Tesla and the war of the currents between Tesla and Edison. In the show I learn how to...
the blip.tv blog (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Our friend Bre Pettis has a pilot airing this Friday at 8PM and midnight on the History Channel. It’s called History Hacker and the episode is about Nikola Tesla and the war of the currents between Tesla and Edison. We’ve been watching Bre’s excellent work on blip.tv for some time now and we’re [...]
Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Our good friend Bre Pettis who produces new media for Etsy , has created a television pilot for “History Hacker” airing tonight on The History Channel . On the show, which Bre produced and hosts, he explores history’s great inventors, taking a hands-on look at their inventions and new ways to hack them. The pilot episode, which is all about Nikola Tesla and his pioneering work with electricity,...
