...teslaTesla Biography NIKOLA TESLA THE GENIUS WHO LIT THE WORLD Nikola Tesla symbolizes a unifying force and inspiration for all nations in the name of peace and science. He was a true visionary far ahead of his contemporaries in the field of scientific development. New York State and many other states in the USA proclaimed July 10, Tesla’s birthday- Nikola Tesla Day. Many United States Congressmen gave speeches in the House of Representatives on July 10, 1990 celebrating the 134th anniversary of scientist-inventor Nikola Tesla. Senator Levine from Michigan spoke in the US Senate on the same occasion. The street sign “Nikola Tesla Corner” was recently placed on the corner of the 40th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. There is a large photo of Tesla in the Statue of Liberty Museum. The Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey has a daily science demonstration of the Tesla Coil creating a million volts of electricity before the spectators eyes. Many books were written about Tesla : Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla by John J. O’Neill and Margaret Cheney’s book Tesla: Man out of Time has contributed significantly to his fame. A documentary film Nikola Tesla, The Genius Who Lit the World, produced by the Tesla Memorial Society and the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, The Secret of Nikola Tesla (Orson Welles), BBC Film Masters of the Ionosphere are other tributes to the great genius. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10,...
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...Rockefeller. But have you ever heard of the other two? I am sure you have heard of Chase Bank? Morgan founded this bank in the upraise of his career. Not only did he founded a bank, be he changed the way banking is. Now this three awe-inspiring men also played a big rule in American history, not only by changing things for the better, they “bought” Mckinley to presidency. William J. Bryan was running for president the same election year Mckinley did, but Mckinley did not want to run for president, but these three men came together to pay Mckinley to run for president. Why would they want Mckinley as president you may ask? Bryan had said in many, many of his speeches that when he becomes president he will target the three richest men in the country, Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie. This made those three very upset, after all the hard work they did to build their umpires, they weren't going to go down without a fight. They paid Mckinley to run for the rich people, he won. Now the three could build their empires to a never before seen...
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...How we ended up with 15 different kinds of plugs and sockets? There is 15 different types of power plugs and sockets in the world and those are named with letters from A to O. Main question is why we have those 15 different types of power plugs instead of one in whole world. All of this plugs works either with 50 Hz frequency or with 60 Hz and the voltage variate between 100 to 240 V. Around 80% of all the countries in the world use voltage between 220 to 240 V and the rest 20% use voltage between 100 to 127 V. Although the biggest user of lower voltage United States of America has started to use 230 V split in two 115 volts wire and that allows every possible appliance to plug in without concern of braking it. So maybe some point in future we only have one short voltage area. (International Electrotechnical Commission 2015), (H.McGregor 2015). Some history to this point to give a hint why we even end up needing these power plugs and sockets. All of this goes back to man named Joseph Swan who invented incandescent light bulb in 1878 and Thomas Edison who invented indoor light bulb which was huge invention at that time. Light bulb was huge invention at that time people were able to see in the dark house without candles. After many test and disappointments Thomas Edison was able to create lamp that lasted 13,5 hours 22nd of October in 1879 and he filed a patent for it and so it was the first commercial incandescent light bulb. After patenting the light bulb Thomas develop a...
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...what social factors have motivated it to become invigorated. Next, the government involvement and political issues are talked about. Wireless electricity will also affect the economy so its economic impact is also a topic that is discussed. The psychological and sociological effects of wireless electricity will also be well-thought-out in the next section. The cultural background of this technology is studied and highlighted in American culture. Every technology needs to be examined in detail for its effect on the environment and wireless electricity is no different. The last section of this paper talks about the moral and ethical effects of wireless technology. Wireless Electricity: Explanation and History In the fast paced world of today, people's demands of their resources become greater with each passing moment. With the technology we employ for our constant “on the go” lifestyles, the need for a reliable source of “on the go” wireless electricity is as ever prevalent, and therefore the constant need to strive...
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...Tesla: Supercharging the Future by Akash G. Nandi An honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science Undergraduate College Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University May 2013 Professor Marti G. Subrahmanyam Faculty Adviser Professor Joseph Foudy Thesis Adviser 1 I. Introduction...................................................................................................................Page 4 A. The Inefficiency of Cars Today B. Thesis Objective C. Thesis II. Research and Resources...............................................................................................Page 7 A. Research Framework B. Research Perspectives C. Resources and Data III. Tesla in Context.............................................................................................................Page 9 A. The Global Auto Industry B. Tesla: The Innovative Disrupter C. Sparking the Electric Revolution IV. The Man Behind the Machine...................................................................................Page 12 A. Elon Musk B. Entrepreneur from the Start C. Space X V. Tesla Motors Overview...............................................................................................Page 15 A. Company Offerings B. Phase I. Roadster C. Phase II. Models S and X 2 D. Phase III. Project BlueStar VI. How It Works: The Model S......................................................................................Page...
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...Mission Statement, Current Business Level Strategy; Current Strategy for the Major Operations/Functions of the Company; Description of the Organizational Structure, Culture, and Control Systems; Analysis of the Financial Position; VRIOS Analysis; SWOT Company Introduction and Overview “Why the Name ‘Tesla’? The namesake of our company is the genius Nikola Tesla, an inventor, electrical engineer, and scientist. Among his life's many inventions (and more than 700 patents) are the induction motor and alternating-current power transmissions. Without Tesla‘s vision and brilliance, our car wouldn't be possible. We're confident that if he were alive today, Nikola Tesla would look over our 100 percent electric car and nod his head with both understanding and approval” (Tesla Motors). Tesla Motors is an automotive manufacturing company that was founded in 2003. The company produces fully electric-powered cars, as well as modular battery packs. Currently, the company only has one car model on the market, the Roadster, of which only around 1500 has been sold. However, at a cost of around $100,000 for the Roadster, it is not priced affordably enough for the everyday person. This may soon change due to the fact that the company is going to be releasing a new electric sedan, the Model S. Recently, the company has purchased a new production plant in Fremont, California. This new plant “will make Tesla's second car model, a $50,000 sedan called the Model S, with production planned for mid-2012...
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...Top 10: Greatest Inventions Of All Time Inventions are pretty useful things, in fact, inventions are very useful things. People are inventing new things all the time - unfortunately, the vast majority of inventions tend to be utterly useless; but every now and then someone comes up with something that completely changes the world and it is these few ideas that this hub is about. Now, there are, undoubtedly many equally great inventions as those on this list, but unfortunately it's had to be cut down to just 10. Things such as language have been omitted from this list for, while they are, indeed, quite useful, they were more developed out of necessity than invented; the same applies to fire - it has always been present on this earth, all we did was work out how to create it on a whim! So what are they? Read on.... 10 - The Wheel: I know what you're thinking: "what, those round things?" well, the short answer is "yes", the long answer: "yes it is". Point is, the wheel is the simplest invention in the universe - you need only scoop up a handful of mud, pat it into a circle and leave it in the sun to dry! So what's so great about it? Well, almost every land vehicle in existence uses wheels as do many many other things like anything with a belt drive (car engines, conveyor belts etc.) In fact, life would be pretty hard without it - but not impossible. The Incas and Aztecs, for example, despite coming up with fully working calendars and a vast knowledge of astronomy, didn't use wheels...
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...For the exclusive use of T. Song, 2015. 9-714-413 REV: JANUARY 24, 2014 ERIC VAN DEN STEEN Tesla Motors “Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool’s yet!” tweeted Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, around 10 PM PT on March 31, 2013. “First profitable Q for Tesla thanks to awesome customers & hard work by a super dedicated team”1 he had tweeted a few minutes earlier. And indeed, on May 8, Tesla announced a net income of more than $10mln on $560 mln in sales.2 Tesla had outsold both Nissan and GM in electric cars in the U.S.3 Its Model S had sold more than the BMW 7 and Audi A8 combined.4 Tesla raised its Model S sales target for its first full year from 20,000 to 21,000 cars.5 Over the next three months, its stock price almost tripled.6 In its 10 years since founding, Tesla had launched both a high-end limited edition “Tesla Roadster” and its “Model S” production car, and was now taking reservations on its upcoming “Model X” electric crossover SUV. Despite a public controversy about its range, the Model S had received the coveted Car of the Year award and earned the highest rating that Consumer Reports ever gave to a car, an astonishing feat for a company that was only at its second car. While some of its most visible EV competitors went bankrupt or halted production,7 Tesla became profitable. Elon Musk wanted Tesla to be a mass manufacturer of electric cars.8 Becoming profitable meant that that goal was within reach. Or was it not? The Car Business ...
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...Studying the Stars: How the Telescope Changed Astronomy As long as humans have been able to see, they have looked at the stars with either with worship or with wonder. The earliest cultures of humanity created their deities from the heavens, most of which were seating upon the glowing specks of light that show through the black night sky. Humans only have a few senses that let them interact with and receive information from the environment, sight being the most useful. Trying to figure out what something far away is, in a star’s case, far enough away to make a giant ball of burning helium look like a speck, is something that requires a tool. Telescopes were the first tool that really helped humans see into the heavens, letting them study the stars and the ‘wanderers’ which eventually were found out to be planets moving around the sun (although at the time they were discovered, it was thought that everything revolved around the earth); albeit all of these stars and planets were discovered before Galileo’s telescope. The tool still helped gain better calculations of the stars, which helped Galileo support Nicolaus Copernicus’ heliocentric (sun-centered) solar system as opposed to the geocentric (earth-centered) solar system that people in those times believed. With Isaac Newton, one of the most famous physicists, discovering most of laws of motion through his studies in astronomy, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, one of the greatest works in the Scientific Revolution...
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...University of Phoenix Material Effects of Mass Media Worksheet Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What were the major developments in the |In the 21st century, rabid fans could turn their attention to a whole swath of pop stars | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |in | |century? |the making when the reality TV program American Idolhit the airwaves in 2002. The show was| | | | | |the only television program ever to have snagged the top spot in the Nielsen ratings for | | |six | | |seasons in a row, often averaging more than 30 million nightly viewers. Rival television | | |network | | |executives were alarmed, deeming the pop giant “the ultimate schoolyard bully,” “the Death| | ...
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...Arturo Alcaraz (Philippines) - Instrumental in a team of scientists, who in 1967 were able to harness steam from a volcano resulting in the production of electricity. Diosdado Banatao (Philippines) - Improved computer performance throughthe development of accelerator chips, helping to make the Internet a reality. Marie Curie (Poland) - Winner of two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physicsfor her studies into Radioactivity and her discoveries of Radium and Polonium. Paul Dirac (England) - An important contributor in the fields of QuantumMechanics and Electro Dynamics, Dirac was co-winner of the Nobel Prize inPhysics (1933). Albert Einstein (Germany) - Arguably needing no introduction, the most famous scientist that lived and a name that has become synonymous in popular culture with the highest intelligence. Enrico Fermi (Italy) - Heavily involved in the development of the world's first nuclear reactor and his work in induced radioactivity saw him awarded with the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics. Vitaly Ginzburg (Russia) - One of three recipients of the 2003 Nobel inPhysics for their pioneering work in the theory of superconductors and superfluids. Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands) - Most well known for his wave theory of light, Huygens is credited with discovering the first of Saturn's moons. Werner Israel (Canada) - In 1990 Israel co-pioneered a study on black hole interiors. Ali Javan (Iran) - Born in Tehran, Ali Javan is listed as one of the top 100 living...
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...Investment Highlights GreenTech: Tesla Motors Poster Child for Green Mobility NeXt Up! www.nextupresearch.com With over 1063 Roadsters sold, Tesla, in our view, is the first to achieve commercial scale in sale of high performance electric cars. Our model assumes only sales of 4200 Model S (to be launched in 2012) cars even in 2015, which could prove conservative given Tesla‟s expectations for 20k cars a year. We note that Tesla has booked over 2200 orders for Model S. We expect the NUMMI plant (with a theoretical capacity of 400k cars) in Fremont to give the company ability to expand production at low capital cost. We expect Daimler and Toyota to provide for high recurring revenues in terms of powertrain sales. Unlike many of its competitors, Tesla has developed its own battery pack. We note that battery packs account for 30 – 40% of a car‟s cost, offering Tesla significant advantages as it scales. The company should be able to offer multiple models (such as SUV, minivans, sedans) based off the same platform without having to make significant R&D investment. June 29, 2010 Our valuation of $1.74 - $1.88B reflects stronger OEM sales offset by weaker Roadster revenues. Our revised per share price of $17.01 to $18.37 reflects the recent 3 to 1 reverse stock split and additional shares from the public offering. We note that the IPO (on 6/29/10) is priced at $17 per share. Investment Concerns The cost of ownership for Tesla Roadster is significantly higher than for...
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...Networks are somewhat new technology in comparison to the know-how that makes them possible. The knowledge regarding wireless technology goes back about 200 years. One of the first individuals deserving recognition for today’s wireless networks is a scientist, inventor and politician named Benjamin Franklin. In 1747 he had built a model that showed how electricity could move through the air unaided by any type of wiring. In the early 1750’s Mr. Franklin started experimenting with electricity and the rest is history. Franklin was under the belief that lightening was an electrical current. So with the famous kite and key experiment he proved to himself and others that he was right. His fascination with electricity led him to later experiments with an electrical tube given to him by a friend. A second individual that played a part in today’s wireless technology is Hans Christian Oersted. In 1819 he had found that a compass needle had movement if it was presented with electrical current. This relationship between the needle and the electricity is an essential part of electromagnetism. It is said that this discovery by Oersted happened completely by chance. While preparing for one of his lectures he was setting up some of his equipment. The compass and battery were in close proximity to each other and the needle moved from magnetic north whenever the switch to the battery was turned off and on. It is sometimes a wonder how many revolutionary ideas were stumbled upon by mere coincidence...
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...------------------------------------------------- Electricity Lightning is one of the most dramatic effects of electricity. Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire. In addition, electricity encompasses less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction. The word is from the New Latin ēlectricus, "amber-like"coined in the year 1600 from the Greek ήλεκτρον (electron) meaning amber(hardened plant resin), because static electricity effects were produced classically by rubbing amber. Usage In general usage, the word "electricity" adequately refers to a number of physical effects. In scientific usage, however, the term is vague, and these related, but distinct, concepts are better identified by more precise terms: * Electric charge: a property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interactions. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields. * Electric current: a movement or flow of electrically charged particles, typically measured in amperes. * Electric field: an influence produced by an electric charge on other charges in its vicinity. * Electric potential: the capacity of an electric field to do work on an electric charge, typically...
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...YE AR S CE L EB RA TIN G6 HISTORY HISTORY A World Transformed II: World in Flux E D I TOR PW AA -TA ST IC Y EA R S! RESOURCE Tania Asnes A L PACA-IN-CHIEF 2 0 1 2 Daniel Berdichevsky the World Scholar’s Cup® ® HISTORY | 1 History Resource 2012: A World in Flux Table of Contents Preface: A Swiftly Texting Planet ................................................................. 2 I. The Determinators....................................................................................... 4 Toward a model for technological change............................................. 5 I’m on Team IDUAR ................................................................................ 6 Disruptive technologies..............................................................................8 Classic Technologies ...................................................................................9 The time of wheels ..................................................................................9 How the stirrup stirred things up ......................................................10 Print all about it: the printing press ................................................... 11 II. Transformations in Everyday Life .......................................................... 13 Turning on the lights ................................................................................. 13 Picking up the telephone .......................................
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