Comments on: Radio Power will Revolutionize the World (Jul, 1934) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Robert F. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1084010 Robert F. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:29:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1084010 sorry fingers fell behind my thoughts--typo corrections: putting atomic particles in strong electric fields to disintegrate them (a clear forerunner of particle accelerators). sorry fingers fell behind my thoughts–typo corrections: putting atomic particles in strong electric fields to disintegrate them (a clear forerunner of particle accelerators).

]]> By: Robert F. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1084009 Robert F. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:26:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1084009 amazing article; thanks for posting. Telsla describes a range of technologies that have since been developed: wireless broadcast of video (television), rocketry beyond the stratosphere and its military significant (V2 rocket and modern ICBMs), advanced signalling to allow multiple users to share narrow bandwidth (foundation of modern cell phone networks), use of EM-wave induction to power devices remotely (just now being introduced for cell phones, and now being seriously proposed for beaming solar energy from orbit to earth), use of microwaves to broadcast telecommunication signals (presaging radar and a key feature of all modern communication networks), use of radio for communication through outer space (now used by space agencies every day), search for extraterrestrial life using radio communication (SETI), putting atomic particles in strong electric fields to disintegrate them (a clear forrunner of particle accelators). I don't see how this qualifies him as 'sounding like a crank'; he just talks in an old fashioned way that is no longer in style and that belonged to the 19th century. But his ideas were, as he stated, often half a century (or more) ahead of his time. amazing article; thanks for posting. Telsla describes a range of technologies that have since been developed: wireless broadcast of video (television), rocketry beyond the stratosphere and its military significant (V2 rocket and modern ICBMs), advanced signalling to allow multiple users to share narrow bandwidth (foundation of modern cell phone networks), use of EM-wave induction to power devices remotely (just now being introduced for cell phones, and now being seriously proposed for beaming solar energy from orbit to earth), use of microwaves to broadcast telecommunication signals (presaging radar and a key feature of all modern communication networks), use of radio for communication through outer space (now used by space agencies every day), search for extraterrestrial life using radio communication (SETI), putting atomic particles in strong electric fields to disintegrate them (a clear forrunner of particle accelators). I don’t see how this qualifies him as ‘sounding like a crank’; he just talks in an old fashioned way that is no longer in style and that belonged to the 19th century. But his ideas were, as he stated, often half a century (or more) ahead of his time.

]]> By: Arglebarglefarglegleep http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1080556 Arglebarglefarglegleep Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:36:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1080556 We're still working on the ideas in the article. There's just a lot of issues to be worked out with the power transmission ideas. There's talk about beaming lasers/masers at electric air craft to keep them in the air. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Beam/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-087-DFRC.html We’re still working on the ideas in the article. There’s just a lot of issues to be worked out with the power transmission ideas. There’s talk about beaming lasers/masers at electric air craft to keep them in the air.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.....olar_power
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dr.....index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dr.....-DFRC.html

]]> By: TeslaRulez http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1077172 TeslaRulez Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:55:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1077172 Ultra-short waves = microwaves. They do transmit energy, they just need to be focused. Ultra-short waves = microwaves. They do transmit energy, they just need to be focused.

]]> By: Boros http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1071269 Boros Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:42:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1071269 He was born in Croatia - Smiljan he is Serbo-Croatian and he had studied in Czech republic in the city Prague. After his studies he concidered it would be great to migrate to America because America at that time was country of great opportunity and open thinking. He was born in Croatia – Smiljan he is Serbo-Croatian and he had studied in Czech republic in the city Prague. After his studies he concidered it would be great to migrate to America because America at that time was country of great opportunity and open thinking.

]]> By: JP http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1070105 JP Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1070105 "But as to atomic energy, my experimental observations..." Oh dear. “But as to atomic energy, my experimental observations…”
Oh dear.

]]> By: JP http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1070104 JP Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:58:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1070104 Great - so we will be able to circle the globe in a rocket plane in 5.5. hours - placing us right back where we started from in order to accomplish...??? Brilliant! Great – so we will be able to circle the globe in a rocket plane in 5.5. hours – placing us right back where we started from in order to accomplish…??? Brilliant!

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1068077 Toronto Mon, 18 May 2009 22:51:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1068077 Darius: Actually, when Tesla was born, the place he was born was part of the Austrian-Hugarian Empire, so he could be considered any of several nationalities. The Serbs, the Croats, the Czechs, and the Romanians have all claimed him. Fittingly, he died a New Yorker. Darius: Actually, when Tesla was born, the place he was born was part of the Austrian-Hugarian Empire, so he could be considered any of several nationalities. The Serbs, the Croats, the Czechs, and the Romanians have all claimed him. Fittingly, he died a New Yorker.

]]> By: Darius http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1068071 Darius Mon, 18 May 2009 07:23:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1068071 He was not born in Hungary. He was born in Croatia (former Yugoslavia) in the village of Smiljan. He was not born in Hungary. He was born in Croatia (former Yugoslavia) in the village of Smiljan.

]]> By: aleksman71 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1059682 aleksman71 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:00:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1059682 He was really one of the gratests minds Popravilo racunalnikov na vašem domu http://www.na-dom.net He was really one of the gratests minds

Popravilo racunalnikov na vašem domu
http://www.na-dom.net

]]> By: g663 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058865 g663 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:19:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058865 Tesla developed the polyphase AC system of power distribution, in use to this day, right in our homes. His patent numbers are on the original generators at Niagra Falls. Also the fractional horsepower AC motor, which made possible many of our household appliances. His ideas about broadcast power have lately been revived at MIT, for use in electric car charging devices that work at a distance of about 18" and can be installed in the pavement at parking spaces: you park your electric car, insert a few quarters for parking, and a few more for a partial recharge; a device on the underside of the car picks up the power and charges the batteries. He also developed a design for a centrifugal pump using closely-spaced smooth discs, which today is used in industrial applications where viscous liquids are handled; this is also used in modern sewage treatment plants. Fortunately, broadcast power never came to fruition on the scale he envisioned: no doubt there would have been unforseeable ecological consequences, for example interference in bird migration. And as for his wacky ideas about civiizations in space, a) similar ideas were in wide circulation at the time, and b) we now know that exposure to electromagnetic fields at certain frequencies can produce "numinous experiences" that include the sensation of being in the presence of a greater intelligence. For a religious person that would be interpreted as being in the presence of God; for a nonreligious person, it could take on any number of interpretations, contact with off-world intelligences being one of them. (Reference: Michael Persinger, numerous papers published in the peer-reviewed journal Perception & Motor Skills). It is entirely possible that the EM fields present in Tesla's lab could have induced experiences of this type. And though he was wrong about atomic energy, he was right about "rockets" being used in warfare. Tesla developed the polyphase AC system of power distribution, in use to this day, right in our homes. His patent numbers are on the original generators at Niagra Falls. Also the fractional horsepower AC motor, which made possible many of our household appliances. His ideas about broadcast power have lately been revived at MIT, for use in electric car charging devices that work at a distance of about 18″ and can be installed in the pavement at parking spaces: you park your electric car, insert a few quarters for parking, and a few more for a partial recharge; a device on the underside of the car picks up the power and charges the batteries. He also developed a design for a centrifugal pump using closely-spaced smooth discs, which today is used in industrial applications where viscous liquids are handled; this is also used in modern sewage treatment plants.

Fortunately, broadcast power never came to fruition on the scale he envisioned: no doubt there would have been unforseeable ecological consequences, for example interference in bird migration.

And as for his wacky ideas about civiizations in space, a) similar ideas were in wide circulation at the time, and b) we now know that exposure to electromagnetic fields at certain frequencies can produce “numinous experiences” that include the sensation of being in the presence of a greater intelligence. For a religious person that would be interpreted as being in the presence of God; for a nonreligious person, it could take on any number of interpretations, contact with off-world intelligences being one of them. (Reference: Michael Persinger, numerous papers published in the peer-reviewed journal Perception & Motor Skills). It is entirely possible that the EM fields present in Tesla’s lab could have induced experiences of this type.

And though he was wrong about atomic energy, he was right about “rockets” being used in warfare.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058279 Torgo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:58:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058279 Of course we know that his experiments at the Wardenclyffe Tower caused the Tunguska event. I learned that from Coast to Coast AM! :) Of course we know that his experiments at the Wardenclyffe Tower caused the Tunguska event. I learned that from Coast to Coast AM! :)

]]> By: Westinghouse http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058250 Westinghouse Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:56:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058250 His comments on the disintegration of the atom I think need to be taken literally. He is talking about ionizing them. He did not say disintegration of the nucleous. You have to recall this was written in 1933 so the very nature of atomic decay was not understood. People were still arguing about what high energy rays were ("Roentgen") and the term "radioActive" meant exactly that, literally Radio - Active. So his paralance is not the modern one. The thing is, he developed long range radio transmission and AC electric power transmission and generation systems. His comments on the disintegration of the atom I think need to be taken literally. He is talking about ionizing them. He did not say disintegration of the nucleous. You have to recall this was written in 1933 so the very nature of atomic decay was not understood. People were still arguing about what high energy rays were (“Roentgen”) and the term “radioActive” meant exactly that, literally Radio – Active.

So his paralance is not the modern one. The thing is, he developed long range radio transmission and AC electric power transmission and generation systems.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058215 Charlie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:19:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058215 Joey O'Neill: Tesla was crazy as a loon, but he was also a complete genius. Obviously he got some stuff wrong (atomic power, etc) but the stuff he got right was pretty amazing. Joey O’Neill: Tesla was crazy as a loon, but he was also a complete genius. Obviously he got some stuff wrong (atomic power, etc) but the stuff he got right was pretty amazing.

]]> By: Joey O'Neill http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058208 Joey O'Neill Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:45:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058208 Ummm....mostly no :) Mind you I only skimmed the article because frankly, (and I know he discovered some important stuff), he sounds like a bit of a crank. Just a bit wrong about atomic energy too. I'm sure astronomers would be stoked to have the entire sky lit up. "Umm...I think I can see the Moon but I can't be sure. That's about it really". Ummm….mostly no :) Mind you I only skimmed the article because frankly, (and I know he discovered some important stuff), he sounds like a bit of a crank. Just a bit wrong about atomic energy too.

I’m sure astronomers would be stoked to have the entire sky lit up. “Umm…I think I can see the Moon but I can’t be sure. That’s about it really”.

]]> By: StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/14/radio-power-will-revolutionize-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1058206 StanFlouride Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:35:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4769#comment-1058206 Great Tesla documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTiiblwwLPk Great Tesla documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTiiblwwLPk

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