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Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla!

Tesla was an underappreciated genius. His achievements were overshadowed by Edison's pomposity, even though Tesla's alternating current turned out to be much more efficient and reliable than Edison's DC.

Like a true mad scientist, he never balked at giving any of his theories an outlet, even if his 'earthquake machine' supposedly almost destroyed a building. :p

Too bad his name and history were bastardized for a SyFy TV show that started off good but quickly jumped the shark.

Rest in peace, you old maniac. ;)
 
sheablue said:
I could make up some reason why this belongs in the AH, but I'm just going to say Tesla rocks. And I don't just mean the rock group from the 80s/90s.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
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Apart from the fact that much of that comic strip is in error (some of it plain wrong), it's an interesting piece.
But it is a fact that , as you turn on your broadcast radio, you are hearing what Tesla started in 1894 (in Philadelphia, I understand, a distance of about 50 miles).
This was about the same time as Heinrich Hertz and one year before Oliver Lodge in the UK.

Like Edison, Marconi had an eye for business, but it's curious how many books site Marconi as inventing the Radio. He did not!

History is a fascinating subject. . .

[And now, back to our regular programme]
 
There are a few plot bunnies hopping around in that comic... So yes, it belongs here.
 
Tesla features prominently in the art deco/diesel punk web comic 'Adventures of the 19XX'. He designs futuristic weapons and such for the 19XX zeppelin and it's crew as they fight super villains in an alternative 1930's America.

Check it out: http://www.kopetkai.com/adventures/?p=411
 
TE999 said:
Tesla features prominently in the art deco/diesel punk web comic 'Adventures of the 19XX'. He designs futuristic weapons and such for the 19XX zeppelin and it's crew as they fight super villains in an alternative 1930's America.

Check it out: http://www.kopetkai.com/adventures/?p=411
Click to expand...

He was a regular feature on the show Sanctuary on SyFy, which portrayed him more as an amoral playboy than the obsessive-compulsive scientist he was. I suppose being alive for over a century and a half would result in some personality changes. :p

Two of the other characters were John Druid and John Watson, also a century and a half old. The former was a psychopath who, in the late 19th century, murdered several prostitutes in England prior to "finding balance." The other wrote fanciful detective novels under an assumed name.

At one point, the newbie character that was brought into the organization looked around the room and said, "I don't believe it. I'm having tea with Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper."

Unfortunately, the series only got worse, not better.
 
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