Wardenclyffe Wireless

Keywords: Tesla, Wireless, Energy

The Story: We have come to think of energy transmission almost exclusively in terms of wires. Sure we have cell phones, but we still have to stop and plug in the toaster. In the late 1800's Nikola Tessla, a man credited with ushering in the modern technological era, thought of energy quite differently than we do now. In addition to inventing AC current and the Tesla Coil, he had a vision (or obsession) for a wireless world. His goal was to create a system for wireless communications, and perhaps more importantly, wireless energy transmission. He put great efforts into devising a system to power ships at sea via stratospheric transmission of power. His idea was to pulse huge amounts of power into Earth, the enormous magnet that it is - and once the pulses built up - emit a massive voltage around the world via a tall antannae. The massive Wardenclyffe tower constructed in 1901 was designed by Tessla under the guise of wanting to transmit radio signals to europe; however, his intent was indeed to demonstrate wireless power transmission. Unfortunately, his investor, J.P. Morgan, was not wild about this idea. When he saw that the tower had no meter with which to charge people for the energy, he pulled the funding. There was a lot more money in coal, copper wire, and charging on the meter than there was global wireless energy. Yes, you have a fancy little cell phone, but perhaps the real technological advancement is the fact that you can be charged for using it.

Energize:
http://www.teslascience.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower