Forgotten Genius Who Invented THE FUTURE
Born in a lightning storm and possessed of a brilliant intellect, Nikola Tesla illuminated and transformed the world with his previously unimaginable electrical and communications systems, many of which served as catalysts for future generations of inventors.
Nikola Tesla was born in the mountainous region of Smiljan, Croatia on July 10, 1856. His father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian Orthodox Priest. His mother, Djuka Mandic, was a homemaker who spent her free time fiddling with domestic and agricultural devices to make tasks easier to complete. Together, his parents raised Nikola in a home where he was encouraged to explore the world around him. His mother, especially, inspired him to tinker with everyday contraptions.
In the United States' free market system Nikola Tesla thrived. He developed the foundations for multiple inventions including x-rays, radio, robotics, remote control, the alternating current electric motor, and practical long-range transmission of power via alternating current. In literally a sudden flash of genius, he envisioned the solution to the creation of alternating current electric motors. He predicted the widespread usage of wireless personal communication devices about a hundred years before they became reality. He also harnessed lightning through his invention called the Tesla Coil and used fluorescent light bulbs in his lab years before they were available for public use.
Tesla's contemporaries often belittled his lifestyle and devalued his works. Thomas Edison in conjunction with General Electric and Guglielmo Marconi all trivialized and disparaged Tesla's inventions. Although they later built upon his ideas, they took the credit that was rightfully Tesla's and smeared his name such that future generations (including our own) would fail to realize the full capacity of Tesla's mind and influence on the world.
"I don't care that they stole my idea. I care that they don't have any of their own." - Nikola Tesla