Tesla... (thread got deRAILED)
Katzenklavier
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If it wasn't for him we would have...
Invention 1: AC induction motor
No three phase power distribution
...No AC power
......They'red be DC power plants, 1 per 2 square miles.
......They'red be A copper shortage due to thick wires.
......No alumium, DC could never power smelters
..........No aircraft
......No step down transformers
..........Nothing requiring low volts, like TV, Transistors, Computers, internet.
......No life-saving medical devices
......No factories requiring electrochemical synthesis
......No air conditioning
......No refrigerators
......it goes on
Invention 2: Radio
No radio!
...No long distance telecommunications
...No cell phones
...No broadcast TV
...No broadcast at all
...No radar
......No early warning protection
...No microwave ovens
...it goes on
Invention 3: Ignition system
No otto engines!
...No feasible cars
Miscellaneous
Tesla invented robotics
He invented digital logic
He invented x-rays, 2 years before rontgen
He theorized methods for a vertical take-off aircraft
He invented tesla coils
He invented wireless power transmission
He invented other shit I forgot.
Arguably one of the most important men who ever lived.
Invention 1: AC induction motor
No three phase power distribution
...No AC power
......They'red be DC power plants, 1 per 2 square miles.
......They'red be A copper shortage due to thick wires.
......No alumium, DC could never power smelters
..........No aircraft
......No step down transformers
..........Nothing requiring low volts, like TV, Transistors, Computers, internet.
......No life-saving medical devices
......No factories requiring electrochemical synthesis
......No air conditioning
......No refrigerators
......it goes on
Invention 2: Radio
No radio!
...No long distance telecommunications
...No cell phones
...No broadcast TV
...No broadcast at all
...No radar
......No early warning protection
...No microwave ovens
...it goes on
Invention 3: Ignition system
No otto engines!
...No feasible cars
Miscellaneous
Tesla invented robotics
He invented digital logic
He invented x-rays, 2 years before rontgen
He theorized methods for a vertical take-off aircraft
He invented tesla coils
He invented wireless power transmission
He invented other shit I forgot.
Arguably one of the most important men who ever lived.
Comments
He forgot to invent electromagnetic weapons though........
He also invented the remote controlled boat in 1890 something,
And he invented a bladeless ultra-fast turbine.
:eek:
I'll have to look those up then.
Also:
"Tesla-What didn't he invent?"
They're boring.
Railguns are where it's at.
Holy fuck, what did my eyes JUST SEE? :eek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
Damn, and I thought plasma just existed in theory.......
And what is that stuff in front of it, it looks like a force field, lawl....
But anyways, that is cool, but I still think that coilgun you posted a link to is badass, and if someone came to me wielding that, I would be intimidated.
And I wouldn't be intimidated. It takes a minute to charge up, and the bullet would maybe cut you at most.
I knew what a shockwave was, but the one in the picture of the railgun firing just looked weird. It's also weird how perfectly rounded the shockwave looks, although I guess that's because it has perfectly open space to spread out in.
Ahhhh.......
This reminds me...
I went to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia (FIRST Robotics) last year, and among many, many cool booths and shit set up there was a guy who worked for the CIA. We got to drive around a few bomb disposal robots, watch his square and orbital gears work, a bunch of demonstrations of eddy currents and electromagnetics, etc.
The guys appearance was total super nerd though. Short sleeved pocket protected hunchback with skinny chicken arms and a quiet attitude with bad jokes.
I started talking to him, asking him about Tesla. According to him, everything the US government seized from Tesla's home when he died is in a high-security building, that "You practically need the presidents permission to enter". After talking to him moreso, he tried telling me that, although most tesla coils resemble towers, all the coils Tesla made where rather flat and cylinder/disc shaped.
According to him, after years of walking around a high resolution poster that was pinned to the floor of a room (The poster being of one of these coils tesla made) he found Tesla's secret, and, attempted to tell me that with this secret it was possible to have electromagnetic induction with unlimited range (Not limited by the inverse-square law). I'm sure he was full of horseshit and trying to mess with a highschool student (Myself), but after seeing some of the things he had on display, it made me wonder just what they found in Tesla's home.
There was all sorts of cool things that were set up over there, such as a recon robot that heavily resembles the SWORD with a camera on top with several degrees of freedom controlled by an off-brand PS2 controller, with goggles that had a little CRT screen inside of them so you could see through the camera :fap:
It would drain the Sun's batteries......
And sowwy for derailing this thread Katzenklavier
Then after experimentation he moved to pancake coils. Most people now don't make them because there's really no improvement.
Then he invented the "magnifying transmitter". This is what he used to transmit power long distances.
lol, I like how it looks like he's just kicking back in the background reading a book, while all these huge bolts of electricity are flying around..... :O
But is that the thing that can power light bulbs just by ionized air? Or was that something else?
These florescent lights are being powered by a transmitter miles away.
How it happens is there's a small coil attached to the lights that oscillates at the same frequency as the transmitter. The resonant oscillation is the key.
And....... how come we aren't currently using this technology in anything?
We are, have you ever seen the powermat?
Yes I have, but I didn't know it used that to charge them, in fact I wasn't really sure how it worked. :S
Not sure which one you're talking about. Tesla made a lot of stuff in Colorado.