Riches to Rags
After the victory at Niagara, success only followed. He created the Tesla coil, which rotated at high frequency and produced higher voltage. Tesla patented this in 1891, and the invention led to fluorescent lights and x-ray photographs.
Nikola Tesla knew he could transmit and receive radio signals. He went to build the radio, but misfortune followed. In 1895, a fire burned his laboratory, and inventor Guglielmo Marconi transmitted across the Atlantic. Tesla's life got worse when the invention of the radio was given to Marconi in 1904, while he was using 17 of Tesla's patents. When Marconi won the Nobel Prize in 1911, Tesla sued Marconi for infringement, but his efforts were in vain. It wasn't until after Tesla's death, that the Supreme Court gave back his patents.
In 1898, Tesla made the first remote controlled vehicle: a boat. This invention created the birth of RC vehicles. Some people suggested it for wartime use, but Tesla wanted a peaceful use.
Around 1890, he created artificial lightning. In 1904 he erected a 187 foot tall tower to transmit radio waves, which eventually failed, due to lack of funding. In 1914, he developed the radar idea, and in 1922 received his last patent: an airplane-helicopter hybrid. He attempted to make an anti-war beam, but failed to receive support. Tesla spent his final years feeding pigeons, broke and alone.
Nikola Tesla knew he could transmit and receive radio signals. He went to build the radio, but misfortune followed. In 1895, a fire burned his laboratory, and inventor Guglielmo Marconi transmitted across the Atlantic. Tesla's life got worse when the invention of the radio was given to Marconi in 1904, while he was using 17 of Tesla's patents. When Marconi won the Nobel Prize in 1911, Tesla sued Marconi for infringement, but his efforts were in vain. It wasn't until after Tesla's death, that the Supreme Court gave back his patents.
In 1898, Tesla made the first remote controlled vehicle: a boat. This invention created the birth of RC vehicles. Some people suggested it for wartime use, but Tesla wanted a peaceful use.
Around 1890, he created artificial lightning. In 1904 he erected a 187 foot tall tower to transmit radio waves, which eventually failed, due to lack of funding. In 1914, he developed the radar idea, and in 1922 received his last patent: an airplane-helicopter hybrid. He attempted to make an anti-war beam, but failed to receive support. Tesla spent his final years feeding pigeons, broke and alone.