Nikola Tesla was a Serbian inventor born in 1856 who made many contributions to the development of modern electrical infrastructure. Some of his most important inventions included the Tesla coil, AC induction motor, and wireless energy transfer. He had a rivalry with Thomas Edison over whose electrical system - DC or AC - would become the standard. Despite some of his revolutionary ideas not being fully realized until after his death, Tesla is now recognized for how many of his technological visions helped enable the modern world.
1. Nikola Tesla
By
Anthony Alves & Cory Loran
(And the help of the Internet and a book)
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2. Personal Life
• July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943 – 86 years
• Born as a Serbian, later becoming a U.S.
citizen on July 30, 1891 at the age of 35
• Went to school at Higher Real
Gymnasium in Karlovac, finishing a four-year
term in three years
• Made a vow of celibacy for science basically.
So engaged to science I guess?
• Pigeon lover
3. Achievements
• Has a SI unit named after him, also known as
the Tesla for measuring magnetic field.
• An electric car company, Tesla Motors, named their
company in tribute to Tesla.
• A monument to Tesla was established at Niagara Falls, New
York.
• Tesla was featured on several Yugoslav- and Serbian
dinar notes and coins
• The largest power plant complex in Serbia, the TPP Nikola
Tesla, is also named after him.
• The heavy metal group Tesla was named after
Nikola Tesla.
Cory was there ---->
4. Inventions
• Tesla Coil - a type of resonant transformer circuit
• Tesla Electric Car - Brushless AC electric motor
– Motor also invented by Nikola
– Speeds up to 90 Mph (September 16, 1967)
• Death Ray (Ray Gun) - theoretical particle
beam or electromagnetic weapon
• Wireless communication - transfer of information over a
distance without the use of enhanced electrical conductors,
wires
5. Tesla Coil
• a type of resonant transformer circuit
• It is used to produce high voltage
• Tesla used these coils to conduct innovative
experiments in electrical lighting, x-rays,
electrotherapy, and Wireless energy transfer
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm
ons/2/27/Maker_Faire_2008_Tesla_Coil.ogg
7. Edison vs. Tesla
• Became rivals because the invention of
Tesla’s DC, Direct current, and Edison’s
AC, Alternating current
• Edison wanted to make people pay to use
AC rather than Tesla giving free DC.
• Edison wanted to prove that DC was
harmful so he shocked an innocent
elephant to prove that DC was dangerous.
• And of course people picked
Edison over Tesla.