Nikola Tesla introduced electrical devices that changed our world before the turn of the 1900's. Since then, only the most remedial of his inventions have proliferated into the modern age.
2006-12-09 08:58:36 · 5 answers · asked by Jimmy S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
What...isn't Alternating Current distribution good enough? If it were up to Edison we'd be using Direct Current (Highly inefficient)
2006-12-09 09:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by MarkG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Tesla was a visionary, but lacked the modelling and simulation tools we now have. While many of his ideas were correct, the scale or size of the phenomenon, often caused him to make mistakes. So there are no energy producing magic devices, and other wacky inventions waiting to be reduced to practice. Unfortunately if you don't know more than he did, you can't understand why he was wrong. That doesn't take away from his brilliance, as any engineer worth their salt, has been off by more than a factor of two a few times.
2006-12-09 09:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by MadScientist 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Much of his work was lost when fire destroyed his New York laboratory. Even if we knew everything that Tesla knew, that would not solve the world's energy problem: Tesla was interested in distributing energy, not creating it.
2006-12-09 09:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as the world's capitalists would begin to create monopolistic organizations to horde the wealth and soon the world would be in the throes of an energy crisis once again.
2006-12-09 09:00:36 · answer #4 · answered by San Jose 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes...when the aliens think that we can handle the technology.
2006-12-09 09:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by Hi~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋