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Happy Birthday - Mr Tesla

Discussion in 'General News' started by 1prinnydood, Jul 10, 2009.

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  1. 1prinnydood

    1prinnydood Guest

    If Nikola Tesla where still alive, today would be his birthday. This is the man who developed the system whereby electricity comes out of your wall socket, he also invented the radio. Forget Edison, forget Marconi, Tesla was the real genius. Some more info about this eccentric and incredible man below.

    A commemorative article from the UK Guardian - >
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jul/10/tesla-electricity-inventor-birthday-anniversary

    Web page of the Tesla Foundation of North America(with some video) - > http://www.tesla.org/
     
    1prinnydood, Jul 10, 2009
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  2. kanwarrulz_123

    kanwarrulz_123 Well-Known Member

    Nikola Tesla truly was a genius, I would agree on that..... but his famous inventions have just shadowed his legacy and very few of us know his name despite him being the one providing early steps for hordes of inventions. The SI unit for measuring magnetic density has been named after his surname Tesla. His photo is also imprinted on the Yugoslav currency to commemorate his brilliant contributions in the Field of Science. He has also been very famous for some of his inventions related to warfare usuage. So Nikola, here's tribute to you from my heart. Actually, parallel to this my sister's also celebrating her birthday too. So Happy Birthday to my sis as well.
     
    kanwarrulz_123, Jul 10, 2009
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  3. AceKilla

    AceKilla Well-Known Member

    And Google Celebrate it.
     
    AceKilla, Jul 10, 2009
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  4. 1prinnydood

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    Some Tesla coil fun :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqoRaphiEk
     
    1prinnydood, Jul 10, 2009
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  5. Girogex

    Girogex Guest

    Yay a random guy I never knew about ! Hi five Mr. Tesla ! Oh wait your as stiff as cardboard.
     
    Girogex, Jul 10, 2009
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  6. 1prinnydood

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    Wow, Girogex I must say I am surprised you have never heard of Tesla, your gaming geek points must suffer for not, at the very least, remembering those oh so super Tesla coil weapons in Command and Conquer RTS games.
     
    1prinnydood, Jul 14, 2009
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  7. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    He was a great man, a shame he didnt got the credit for his inventions and other got them instead.

    Btw, did tesla coil weapons really existed in real life? or is it just for the games?
     
    damanali, Jul 14, 2009
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Tesla coils really exist, but weapons, I don't believe so. I think its questionable whether or not they could actually be used as weapons.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 14, 2009
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  9. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    by the time they charge there short range attack they'd be blown up :D
     
    equitypetey, Jul 14, 2009
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  10. 1prinnydood

    1prinnydood Guest

    Well now both damaanli and Loonylion have raised an interesting question, is it possible to weaponise a Telsa coil? I think yes and no, I do think if you can get a person close to a Tesla coil you could give them quite a shock. Considering the amount of power you would need to do this beyond a few yards it is probably a fanciful idea.
    Tesla did work on a 'death ray' which was more or less a solar collector, his design would kill people(and blow holes in armour) at no cost. I could be wrong but I think Tesla was more interested in Earth resonance(the discovery that our planet has a powerful vibration) than war at this point in his life.
     
    1prinnydood, Jul 14, 2009
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  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    My point about not being able to weaponise it is not so much its capability of killing, but the near impossibility of actually targeting it. Were someone to get sufficiently close to a tesla coil, then yes it would zap them, but it would need a range of more than a few inches/yards to actually be a viable weapon. Giving it enough power to have that range, it would be able to zap anything within that radius at any time it is charged up. Whether or not it is a person, animal or inanimate object. It would not be controllable (beyond altering the supplied power), and would be completely indiscriminate in what it hits. Not a good quality for a weapon.

    the power required depends on the environment, but on a dry day in a moderate climate such as Britains', the power requirement would be approximately 7kV per cm (note that it is cm from the point the spark/bolt is emitted to the point of contact with the target, not the ground distance from the tower to target).
     
    Loonylion, Jul 14, 2009
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  12. AcroneSF

    AcroneSF Well-Known Member

    If it were to be possible you could set them up like a mine field? Although i wouldnt say that would be posible as the energy usage would be phenomenal.
     
    AcroneSF, Jul 14, 2009
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  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    theoretically possible, yes, but by no means practical.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 14, 2009
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  14. k9112009

    k9112009 Well-Known Member

    Nikola tesla was a great inventor and scientist. He is eccentric and very unsociable but his theories on electricity an electromagnetism is staggering. It is a shame though that he did not get much credit and recognition for his work.
     
    k9112009, Jul 16, 2009
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