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Leonid and Sergey Plekhanov, graduates of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, claim they have spent years scrutinizing the Nikola Tesla's patents and diaries and they believe that with his most ambitious project - transcontinental wireless energy transmissions - Tesla came very close to unprecedented scientific discovery that could be brought to fruition.
The enthusiasts say they need about $800,000 to reconstruct the famous Wardenclyffe Tower once created by Tesla himself to implement his ideas and find a commercial application for his ideas on long-distance wireless energy transmission.
The Plekhanov brothers are raising money through IndieGogo croudfunding.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by cyrano on Sunday July 06 2014, @01:46PM
The main reason for GM not being able to make cars at a profitable price point, is because their resistance to change. I think Tesla (the car manufacturer, not the inventor) has shown that quite clearly.
I don't know enough about what Tesla (the inventor) intended to do, but I'm just trying to keep an open mind. I share your skepticism about efficiency in RF as we know these circuits today. But I'd also like to see some further investigation before we call it nonsense.
As an example, scientists only very recently discovered earth layers can and do produce magnetism without any significant amount of metals involved. We know that now, but we still can't explain it. According to our dogma's from months ago, it is impossible.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 06 2014, @09:01PM
The square-cube law says a tesla tower will never be useful for any distance beyond what an extension cord could reach. Not tomorrow. Not with astounding new materials or breakthroughs. Never.
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