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jhoak Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Who knows what Tesla REALLY had in mind for some of his work. It's pretty well established that he was a brilliant nut case. The music using to coils is pretty cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 My son showed me a couple of youtube clips of the UTexas guys on one of the "you've got talent"-type shows, which I assume is the same bunch here. One or more of the judges on the show commented repeatedly that the real effect of the performance was not faithfully reproduced using televisions or video cameras- that you had to be there in real life, and that the effect was palpable... The demos that I saw had people in the line of fire... [] and included at least one sequence with a dancer in a cage (a la Go-Go girl...). Invigorating [:S] Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Tesla wasn't simply a genius....he was a well-funded genius. That combination tends to yield exceptionally rapid progress. Here's a link to one of the video's that I was trying to post back in the "Ultra Efficient LED" thread. If you've got the right background with willingness to understand, you'll get the the gist that even this brief recap of his findings (along with the aid of other fine researchers and mathematicians along the way) are quite profound. If you're taken aback a little bit by the presentation, factor in that this breifing really compresses the scope of the topic and is already pushing 16 years old. Tesla was into this stuff full throttle from the 1860's. It's not new by any stretch...but it sure as heck feels state of the art. [:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm really sure Nikola did not have this 21st century anthem in mind: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Tesla wasn't genius....he was a well-funded genius. That combination tends to yield exceptionally rapid progress. Here's a link to one of the video's that I was trying to post back in the "Ultra Efficient LED" thread. If you've got the right background with willingness to understand, you'll understand that even this brief recap of his findings (along with the aid of other fine researchers and mathematicians along the way) are quite profound. If you're taken a back a little by the presentation, factor in that this is condensed and already pushing 16 years old. Tesla was into this stuff full throttle from the 1860's. It's not new...but it sure as heck feels state of the art. There were lots of people with lots of money that couldn't accomplish what Tesla did during his lifetime. He was eventually a well funded genius but he had many inventions in his head from when he was digging ditches after getting screwed by Edison. He eventually fell in with Westinghouse who also was no fan of Edison. Together they embarassed Edison which was well deserved. There are no Tesla prototypes because he was actually able to visualize his invention in his head and tweak until perfect and then build it right the first time where as Edison tried it thousands of times wrong and eventually got it right. Actually you can't really compare the two because Edison hired people to solve his problems like the light bulb but put his name on it. Tesla designed all his works on his own. Tesla - “If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.” Tesla - “My method is different. I do not rush into actual work. When I get a new idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination, and make improvements and operate the device in my mind. When I have gone so far as to embody everything in my invention, every possible improvement I can think of, and when I see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete form the final product of my brain.” Tesla - “Before I put a sketch on paper, the whole idea is worked out mentally. In my mind I change the construction, make improvements, and even operate the device. Without ever having drawn a sketch I can give the measurements of all parts to workmen, and when completed all these parts will fit, just as certainly as though I had made the actual drawings. It is immaterial to me whether I run my machine in my mind or test it in my shop. The inventions I have conceived in this way have always worked. In thirty years there has not been a single exception. My first electric motor, the vacuum wireless light, my turbine engine and many other devices have all been developed in exactly this way.” Tesla and Twain Without Tesla's invention the modern age would not have advanced so quickly after the turn of the century. Shortlist. AC Current Induction Motor Tesla coil Modern Radio - 17 Tesla patents were used by Marconi to make his radio. Tesla invented radio as well. Used this to also make remote control boats which would be the first iuse of wireless remote control. Fluorescent lighting - used in many scientific devices not just lighting. http://www.teslauniverse.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Tesla's funding was pulled the moment he said something to the effect that his electrical distribution system would not be meterable. His incomplete full scale device was then razed in it's entirety. Wonder why... And it's never been completed by anyone. Wonder why. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 bzzzz bzzzz bzzz, that was shockingly bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brac Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It does make one hell of a cat toy. I used to keep some 15000V transformers around (used for neon lights). You attach a wire to each lug and bend them around close to each other and then angle them up and away from each other.(al la frankenstein) I would set it in the window for halloween, one year the cat thought to play with the flashy thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 From the Teslauniverse.com John Jacob Astor was Tesla's wealthiest and most generous investor. He invested $100,000 in 1899 for Tesla to, as he understood it, further develop and produce a new lighting system. Tesla instead, used the money to fund his Colorado Springs experiments. Mr. Astor was understandably unhappy with Tesla's deception and avoided him for several years. They did later reconcile and worked together on aircraft and propulsion systems in 1908. Unfortunately, Mr. Astor and his wife were aboard the "Titanic" which began to sink after colliding with an iceberg. Mr. Astor was able to help his wife into a lifeboat but was unable to join her. His body was found a few days later and is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 The popular incarnation of the "Tesla coil" is a toy in comparison to a Magnifying Transmitter (his actual design goal). The AC powered Tesla coil helped, was a pit stop in the laboratory, so-to-speak. It was a device to help him further his understanding of sinusoidal AC transmission. Nothing more than that. The Magnifying Transmitter on the other hand utilizes ultra-high frequency, harmonic free, pulsed DC.....waaaay different from a basic rotary spark-gap. The MT is the device responsible for all the magic hub-bub surrounding his demonstrations. Many people attempt to recreate the device, then use standard electricity to power them. It is a common mistake and the result is malfunction. It was/is the electronic equivalent of trying to run a gasoline combustion engine on diesel fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 ...It was/is the electronic equivalent of trying to run a gasoline combustion engine on diesel fuel. On the other hand, when you have an employee who puts gasoline in a diesel tank, the prettiest white smoke comes out of the tailpipe. [] Then it seizes and you have put in a new motor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Tesla was a terrible business man. At one point Westinghouse said that he would go out of business if Tesla ever tried to cash out and that he could never pay him what he was worth. Tesla ripped up his contracts and official paperwork with Westinghouse and said don't worry I'll just invent something else. Westinghouse also dumped lots of money into expensive projects. Man could Tesla spend some money but cutting edge research is always expensive. Check out these abandoned russian Tesla coils.. WOW http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=21722 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Check out these abandoned russian Tesla coils.. That's part of a former outdoor high voltage AC test lab. Here's one currently operated by Siemens in Germany. Similar larger scale labs also exist in China as well as here in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Check out these abandoned russian Tesla coils.. That's part of a former outdoor high voltage AC test lab. Here's one currently operated by Siemens in Germany. Similar larger scale labs also exist in China as well as here in the States. Lets go roast some dogs... WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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