The News Of Tomorrow, Today
The News Of Tomorrow, Today
nikola tesla
Halfway between Brooklyn and Montauk, a steel cupola propped up on wooden legs once looked out over the Long Island Sound and beyond the horizon. Built in the first years of the 20th century, Wardenclyffe Tower served as the centrepiece of a real-life mad scientist’s laboratory. Lever pulling, lightning bolts,…
Nikola Tesla was both of his time and ahead of it (he has a car company named after him, after all). Besides his contributions to alternating current electrical systems, the inventor predicted smartphones, television and apparently drones, which he thought could cause humanity’s destruction.
Nikola Tesla is celebrated as a genius who had an amazing ability to envision the future. He predicted mobile phones, television, and even elements of the internet long before any of these things existed. But he also had some weird ideas about the social issues of tomorrow. Which is why…
There are no more articles to be viewed
Haven't registered?
Sign up here
Lost your password?
Click here to reset
Back to Login?
Click here
Subscribe to our newsletter!
Now you can get the top stories from Gizmodo delivered to your inbox. Enter your email below.
By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.