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Nikola Tesla (/ ˈ n ɪ k ə l ə ˈ t ɛ s l ə /; [1] Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [2] [3] engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. [4]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a picture on X referencing the famous inventor that he owes the name of his company to, Nikola Tesla. The post, which intended to highlight Tesla’s tenacity and ...
Trevor Robert Milton (born April 6, 1982) is an American entrepreneur and convicted felon, the latter stemming from his actions as founder, and former executive chairman of Nikola Corporation, a company focused on developing hydrogen and electric-powered commercial vehicles.
On January 9, 1943, two days after Nikola Tesla died destitute in a New York City hotel, the FBI called MIT professor and esteemed electrical engineer, John G. Trump, to determine if any of the ...
All were named Maid of the Mist until 2020, when company president Christopher M. Glynn introduced two new boats powered by lithium-ion battery-powered electric motors; these were named James V. Glynn, after the CEO; and Nikola Tesla, for the engineer who developed a type of alternating current (AC) motor.
But then if you flash forward to today, you've got Tesla, the automaker, named after this inventor, Nikola Tesla, and in a way, Elon Musk is the intellectual descendant of Nikola Tesla.
Tower to the People - Tesla's Dream at Wardenclyffe Continues is a 2015 documentary film directed by Joseph Sikorski about Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower.The film documents the history and subsequent decline of the Wardenclyffe complex designed and built by Tesla in Shoreham, New York, as the main laboratory and facility for his experiments on wireless power transmission.
Nikola Tesla died at 86 years old, a notably ripe old age compared to 1943’s average American life expectancy of just 62.4 years. Even considering the life expectancy in his original homeland, ...