Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla

July 10, 2016

On this day 160 years ago, one of histories greatest scientists was born

Celebrate all of the nice(r) things we have today because of him

Tesla's alternating current induction motor

Tesla contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis of most AC machinery) (image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RMFpatent.PNG)

Tesla's magnifying transmitter (advanced version of the Tesla Coil)

It is a high power harmonic oscillator that Nikola Tesla intended for the wireless transmission of electrical energy. In his autobiography, Tesla stated that ". . . I feel certain that of all my inventions, the Magnifying Transmitter will prove most important and valuable to future generations."[1] The magnifying transmitter is an air-core, multiple-resonant transformer that can generate very high voltages. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifying_transmitter)

Directed-energy weapon (Death Ray, or Piece Ray) blueprint

In 1937, at a luncheon in his honor concerning the death ray, Tesla stated, "But it is not an experiment ... I have built, demonstrated and used it. Only a little time will pass before I can give it to the world." His records indicate that the device is based on a narrow stream of small tungsten pellets that are accelerated via high voltage (by means akin to his magnifying transformer). (source: http://www.tfcbooks.com/teslafaq/q&a_011.htm)

The urn in which his ashes are kept

After his death on January 7th, 1943 his ashes were stored in his favourite geometrical object, a sphere. It is kept at the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Serbia. (image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#/media/File:Urn_with_Teslas_ashes.jpg)