…Unfortunately, the device never made it in the marketplace, as it was as big as a fucking house. I made this stupid joke to someone today, after stumbling across the above image of Tesla, who, had he not died at the hand of Edison, would have turned 156 today. Unlike most of my stupid jokes, […]
Tag Archives: Nikola Tesla
On Nikola Tesla’s birthday, I think it’s important to remember that he invented the world’s first cotton candy machine…
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Other, Science, Uncategorized Also tagged 1904, conspiracy theories, cotton candy, dentists, fairy floss, inventions, John C. Wharton, Joseph Lascaux, rewriting history, sugar, Thomas Edison, William Morrison, World's Fair 8 Comments
Edison, Tesla, electrocuted elephants, and the hiding place beneath the stairs
I spent the day with my parents at the Henry Ford museum, experiencing secondhand the hero worship that the great automotive entrepreneur felt for Thomas Edison. We listened to recordings of Edison speaking, contemplated his dying breath under glass and saw the spot under the stairs of hisMenlo Park laboratory (which had been moved from […]
Posted in energy, Ideas, OCD, Other, Science, Special Projects Also tagged Ford, free power, Google, Greenfield Village, Henry Ford, innovation, Jesus, Mark Twain, Menlo Park, muckers, people to bring back from the dead, space elevator, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Topsy, War of Currents, Wardenclyffe 9 Comments