He was decorated by King Nikola of Montenegro with the Order of Danilo for this technology.

In all, it has registered more than 700 worldwide patents. His vision included the exploration of solar energy and the power of the sea. He predicted interplanetary communications and satellites.

Nikola Tesla also patented the basic radio system in 1896. Its publication contained all the schematic diagrams describing all the basic elements of the radio transmitter that was later used by Marconi who in December 1901 established the wireless communication between the Kingdom And the New Foundland in Canada, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1909. However, part of Marconi's work was not original.

Waldorf Astoria was the residence of Nikola Tesla for many years. He lived there when he was at the height of financial and intellectual power. There, he organized dinners inviting famous people who later witnessed spectacular electrical experiments in his laboratory.

Nikola Tesla was one of the most celebrated personalities in the American press in the last century. According to Life Magazine's special issue of September 1997, Tesla is among the 100 most famous people of the last 1,000 years. He is one of the great men who have created a watershed in human history. It was a Super Star.

In 1894, he received an honorary doctorate from Columbia University and Yale and the Elliot Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute. In 1934, the city of Philadelphia awarded him the John Scott medal for his polyphase energy system. He was an honorary member of the National Association of Electric Light and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

On his 75th birthday in 1931, the inventor appeared on the cover of Time magazine. On this occasion, Tesla received congratulatory letters from more than 70 pioneers in science and engineering, including Albert Einstein. These letters were assembled and presented to Tesla in the form of a voluminous deposition.

Tesla died on January 7, 1943 at the New Yorker Hotel (Room 3327 on the 33rd floor), where he lived for the last ten years of his life.

A state funeral was held at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York. Telegrams of condolences have been received from many notables, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace. More than 2000 people attended, among them several Nobel prizes. It was cremated at Ardsley on the Hudson in New York. His ashes were placed in a gold sphere, the preferred form of Tesla, on permanent display at the Tesla Museum in Belgrade along with his mortuary mask.