The 10 Most Important Inventions of Nikola Tesla... Known (my add)

a reply to: chr0naut

Tesla was a genius, technologist, dreamer and inventor but most of what he visualized was just plain wrong, which is why we don't have wireless power transmission today. It simply doesn't work efficiently enough to be commercial.

The reason why we don't have wireless power to day is because Westinghouse couldn't put a meter on it so he could charge for it. So he pulled his funding and shut it down.

a reply to: buster2010

3 words: inverse square law.

originally posted by: 727Sky

Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe. Throughout space there is energy. — Nikola Tesla, 1892

1. Alternating Current – This is where it all began, and what ultimately caused such a stir at the 1893 World’s Expo in Chicago
2. Light – Of course he didn’t invent light itself, but he did invent how light can be harnessed and distributed. Tesla developed and used florescent bulbs in his lab some 40 years before industry “invented” them.
3. X-rays – Electromagnetic and ionizing radiation was heavily researched in the late 1800s, but Tesla researched the entire gamut.
4. Radio – Guglielmo Marconi was initially credited, and most believe him to be the inventor of radio to this day. However, the Supreme Court overturned Marconi’s patent in 1943, when it was proven that Tesla invented the radio years previous to Marconi.
5. Remote Control – This invention was a natural outcropping of radio. Patent No.613809 was the first remote controlled model boat, demonstrated in 1898.
6. Electric Motor – Tesla’s invention of the electric motor has finally been popularized by a car brandishing his name.
7. Robotics – Tesla’s overly enhanced scientific mind led him to the idea that all living beings are merely driven by external impulses.
8. Laser – Tesla’s invention of the laser may be one of the best examples of the good and evil bound up together within the mind of man.
9 and 10. Wireless Communications and Limitless Free Energy – These two are inextricably linked, as they were the last straw for the power elite — what good is energy if it can’t be metered and controlled?

Tesla had perhaps thousands of other ideas and inventions that remain unreleased. A look at his hundreds of patents shows a glimpse of the scope he intended to offer.

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I read a book on Tesla's life in the late 60s.. Always found him someone of note and much under appreciated

Tesla didn't invent alternating current, nor did he even invent three phase AC, though he made important contributions.

Tesla didn't invent "the electric motor" (what was Edison doing, after all) but did invent an important type of AC motor.

Tesla had no influence on the laser (invented much later), and he didn't even believe in quantum mechanics.

Wireless power transmission by induction he did do, but it is very inefficient. The problem with not being able charge for it is quite important as well---who will build it?

The energy is not "free", it puts a load on the generator at the source, costing fuel, and the capital equipment doesn't grow on trees.

He is an important and creative early engineer and inventor, but many other people at that time were as well. They aren't famous today because they weren't eccentrics and somewhat disturbed and prone to making outrageous and partially unsupported claims.

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For example consider the contributions of the ZBD team discussed in the Wikipedia, invented the modern transformer and much of the power distribution technology.

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: jimmyx
tesla was by far, the most brilliant in the field of "applied" sciences....he was so far ahead of his time, that upon his death, the government itself, confiscated much of his work, and it has not been made public since....he died on jan. 7, 1943, and 71 years later, they still will not release his documents, they remain classified...what could be so important to remain classified after 71 years?

Michael Faraday was twice the Scientist that was Tesla. Look at what Faraday achieved compared to Tesla.

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Tesla is over hyped and overblown. Tesla only improved what others had done before him.

Agreed, but of course Faraday is the 3rd greatest physicist in history (in my opinion) after Newton and Einstein.
(Maxwell & Bohr come next).

a reply to: buster2010

Exactly! They would rather destroy the Earth for profit. Sad.

originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: chr0naut

Tesla was a genius, technologist, dreamer and inventor but most of what he visualized was just plain wrong, which is why we don't have wireless power transmission today. It simply doesn't work efficiently enough to be commercial.

The reason why we don't have wireless power to day is because Westinghouse couldn't put a meter on it so he could charge for it. So he pulled his funding and shut it down.

Believe me, if it was a viable way to transmit power, they would have figured out a way to meter it.

a reply to: jimmyx

All of Teslas work is online,nothing was suppressed,it was released under different researchers names,besides Tesla didnt invent these things,he re-discovered them.

Yes Teslas work and others have been suppressed by the Humanitarian Terrorists who only seek money and power.

No the suppression didnt work,the Internet ensured that.

Suppression will never work simply because anyone who fully understands how tesla thought and how our ancestors thought and what catalyses the most potent technology POSSIBLE,only need to look to nature and its processes,for it is all right there in front of us all,we have been intentionally led away from it for centuries.Everything has intentionally been made labor intensive including mathamatics .

A universal potential is created when a drop of water hits the surface of a still pool,the sound and process of a universe being born is identical to the sound of a seed sprouting.or to conception.

All of these actions create universal potential.

Thank you for promoting Teslas great works,his vision will soon be our reality.


Exposing the trail of money and influence which suppressed his innovations is a very important task not to be overlooked,it is all fine and dandy for humanity to accept his work now or in the near future but we still need to vindicate him and that means spending a little time creating a template of how and when and by whom Teslas future was compromised.

History deseves the truth.

It is the least we as Humanity can do in return for Teslas works which he gifted to us all.

OP, there are many Tesla haters on ATS.

Just a fair warning.

I like this one.

Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy

originally posted by: 727Sky
8. Laser – Tesla’s invention of the laser may be one of the best examples of the good and evil bound up together within the mind of man.

How about showing some evidence tesla invented the laser....

Tesla really did not invent the laser. He may have theorized the existence of such a device in the future some day, and he might have even gone so far as to draw a few schematics as to what it might look like, but the invention of the laser goes to the wizards at Bell Labs. And those were the geniuses who invented the laser.

Bell Labs - The True Inventors of the Laser

originally posted by: buster2010

The reason why we don't have wireless power to day is because Westinghouse couldn't put a meter on it so he could charge for it.

What makes you think they could not put a meter on the receiver?

a reply to: WeAre0ne

Let me be clear. I do not hate Tesla. He was brilliant. I simply do not want him to become the god that people make him out to be when in fact he was merely another exceptional human being among the very few that have roamed this planet.

Threads like this cause concern that making an idol of him will cause us to lose the more important facts about how he lived and the true importance of his contributions, not just the sensationalized recounting of his works.

Credit where credit is due.

For the record, here is the actual patent by Tesla for an "Apparatus For the Utilization of Radiant Energy".
Patent US685957

From the inventor's own words: "My own experiments and observations, however, lead me to conclusions more in accord with the theory heretofore advanced by me that sources of such radiant energy throw off with great velocity minute particles of matter which are strongly electrified, and therefore capable of charging an electrical conductoigor, even if not so, may at any rate discharge an electrified conductor either by carrying off bodily its charge or otherwise."

He knew he had discovered something, but was to be fair not fully sure what he had discovered.

Read the patent.

a reply to: chr0naut

Tesla coil. But I digress.


Both Apple and IBM ran into Tesla's patents when developing and implementing newer microprocessors and constantly had to find ways around them due to how they functioned and processed information. So while never developing a microprocessor himself, Tesla did foresee how to best process that style of binary information. Often the biggest difference between Apple and IBM came down to the chips running 0-7 or 7-0 in counting orders of operation. Which I believe was the first patent hurdle to overcome.

As for the man himself, I don't think his level of showmanship came about until he befriended Mark Twain.

But yes, Tesla does not get the full credit for AC. However, he does get credit for optimizing AC current at 60 hertz and for demonstrating and standardizing that AC was safer and more efficient for long distance transmission than DC in the US and the rest of the world by extension. Interestingly enough, AC won out mostly for the safety factor when Edison arranged for an execution by electric chair to be done by AC and promoted it as the guy was to be Westinghoused. Tesla simply set the amperage low enough for the voltage to be harmless despite the high voltage used. When the criminal did not die (or even get hurt) it set the stage for AC to overtake DC as the preferred in home setup. Mostly because many people in cities had seen horses become electrocuted in the streets from DC lines during storms.


But Tesla's greatest feat was harnessing Niagara Falls for hydroelectric power. While not the first hydroelectric generation station in the world, some of his turbines are still in operation today. Which is pretty good considering not only their age but the material available at the time. But if Tesla was around today, he would probably crack open a smart phone to see what he could do to make it better.

originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: buster2010

3 words: inverse square law.

Tesla was trying to use the electro magnetic field of the Earth, sort of like using the water table. His generator keeps the "ground water" higher.

All of the energy made above the normal level of the Earth would end up at the device, sooner or later, I guess.

originally posted by: Ahabstar
a reply to: chr0naut

Both Apple and IBM ran into Tesla's patents when developing and implementing newer microprocessors and constantly had to find ways around them due to how they functioned and processed information. So while never developing a microprocessor himself, Tesla did foresee how to best process that style of binary information. Often the biggest difference between Apple and IBM came down to the chips running 0-7 or 7-0 in counting orders of operation. Which I believe was the first patent hurdle to overcome.

Sorry, but this sounds like nonsense. Do you have a source for any of these claims?

originally posted by: liejunkie01
a reply to: alldaylong


I will only mention that you link info from an establishment that has questionable reliability.

What, one with sources?

originally posted by: GetHyped
Sorry, but this sounds like nonsense. Do you have a source for any of these claims?

That is because it is nonsense, not based on any thing factual.

originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: chr0naut

Tesla was a genius, technologist, dreamer and inventor but most of what he visualized was just plain wrong, which is why we don't have wireless power transmission today. It simply doesn't work efficiently enough to be commercial.

The reason why we don't have wireless power to day is because Westinghouse couldn't put a meter on it so he could charge for it. So he pulled his funding and shut it down.

Whilst we often disagree, on this we are in full agreement other than the fact that you have confused Westinghouse with JP Morgan. Tesla was no longer with Westinghouse at this point and was being funded by Morgan who was the one that stated 'where do we put the meter?' tesla replied 'no you don't understand, it's free energy it does not need a meter!' to which Morgan replied 'NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND' and the rest is history Cheers

a reply to: Soylent Green Is People

You cannot meter it because no one produces it,the source is free,not only that but there is a minimalistic infrastructure which is only a very small fraction of the one we see today.

Add to that that once the concepts are "out" which in essence they already are,then ANYONE can buld this technology themselves,it is Apple Pie simple to understand.

The Monopoly has been more of an Information monopoly and suppression action than a money making action,the money always comes after you suppress knowledge.You cannot make money off of anyone unless they are willing to value your product,so your first job is to make sure they are underinformed and are looking at your assets within ALL of their options,you corner the market.

An anti- gravitic craft has very few parts compared to a Gasoline Automobile.

There are no moving parts to a Tesla type concept.

The simple fact is that it takes more energy to catalyse , support ,and maintain a lie than it does the truth which maintains itself and also produces additional over-unity goodness.

This means there is no way to make excuses for or to hide the dirty Humanitarian Terrorist actions of those who sought and still seek to use knowledge suppression to trip Humanity up and slow our natural evolution and progress.

Lies take energy to catalyse,support,and maintain,hence MONEY or ASSET or INFLUENCE is required in vast volumes and these things leave Forensic evidences for us to read and map.

Listen Friends Humanity did not choose and remain for extended periods on the path of most resistance of its own accords.

Humanitys path has been artificially screwed with and there must be reparations made.History must speak the truth for the good of the Children not yet born.

I want Children learning about the Global conspiracy to undermine Humanitys natural growth and evolution,BILLIONS of Humans have dies as a result of these artificial machinations.we can add names from the Fields of Medicine,Archeology,ALL the major maths and sciences and mainstream conduits of Academia,Industry ,Business,Publishing,and Media.Specific people are accountable for these dynamics and they must be named and branded for the sake of a true and accurate History for our Children for without that they cannot have a true and accurate Future,and it is the duty of every man and woman alive with or without Children of their own to ennsure this exact true and accurate Future is available for Humanitys Children.