https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4 Born 10 July 1856, died 7 January 1894 - An American Inventor and Electrical Engineer. “Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.” – Nikola Tesla en-us 2019-11-11 16:01:58 UTC 2025-11-19 02:32:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26a1.png olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409531430 2019-11-11 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409531430 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409531904 2019-11-11 16:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409531904 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532067 2019-11-11 16:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532067 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532383 2019-11-11 16:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532383 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532627 2019-11-11 16:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532627 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532782 2019-11-11 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409532782 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409534575 2019-11-11 16:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409534575 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409535794 2019-11-11 16:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409535794 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409536551 2019-11-11 16:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/409536551 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410609249 2019-11-13 15:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410609249 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410614123 2019-11-13 15:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410614123 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410618892 2019-11-13 15:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410618892 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410619590 2019-11-13 15:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410619590 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410620532 2019-11-13 15:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410620532 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410627744 2019-11-13 15:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410627744 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410628561 2019-11-13 15:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410628561 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410632034 2019-11-13 15:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410632034 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410633367 In 1884, Thomas Edison hired Nikola to work at his fast-growing machinery company. They worked closely together to improve inventions and improve the company. Eventually, they moved separate ways due to their clashing personalities. Edison was focused on marketing and business, while Tesla was moderately out of touch and simply wanted to work on the basis of science. Tesla has this image on his phone to remind him of the past - what brought him to where he is today. ]]> 2019-11-13 15:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410633367 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410633700 The tesla coil is Nikola's biggest invention, created in 1891. It produces high voltage at a low current at a high frequency. This invention created x-ray generation, electrotherapy, another source of electrical lighting, and one of the first radio wave transmitters.  (Today it can be seen in the popular 'plasma ball.' Tesla keeps this on his phone as a reminder of what he's accomplished, and the impact he's had on science and commercial use. ]]> 2019-11-13 15:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410633700 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410634521 Again, Tesla worked with Edison in 1884. They fought over which type of electricity would one day rule the world - Tesla with an Alternating current, and Edison with a direct current. This feud would tear them apart to such a point they had to stop working together.  Tesla was seen as a charismatic, witty man who spoke several languages.  He was friends with people of great power like Mark Twain and John Muir. Edison, on the other hand, was introverted and not as in so much shape as Tesla was.  Nikola must have this picture on his phone to compare himself, to gain a boost of confidence in the downfalls of his career. ( He might even print it out to throw darts at Edison's head every now and then. )]]> 2019-11-13 15:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410634521 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410654776 Lyrics : None! Just some peaceful classical music. 
Nikola tesla was a busy man. In an interview, he was said to often listen to Morazrt and Bach, calling it "positive mental energy."  Tesla most likely had little time for lyrics. Music like this kept his head steady while working.]]> 2019-11-13 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410654776 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410658170 "But all this hypothetical thinking is digging me down and maybe I was seconds away, but it doesn't matter now"

Among his genius successes, Tesla was a big thinker and often had failures, as all of us do.  He tended to embrace these just as much as he did his successes. For example, in 1899 he built a tower to test if he could transmit energy from the Earth's core. His notes come up inconclusive, but even then, he moved to New York, and by learning from his mistakes, he made some incredible breakthroughs. This lyric shows that sometimes, his thoughts drag him down, but that doesn't stop him. He listens to this to remind himself that he can grow from his mistakes. ]]> 2019-11-13 16:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410658170 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410666858 "I thought I needed some space to myself
But now I'm here alone, I realize I need someone else
But it's too late, I feel like it's too late to change my mind"

Although being extroverted and having many friends, Tesla never married.  In fact, in the end, he ended up dying alone in a hotel room, penniless in 1943.  He always thought he needed room, and that he could never make himself worthy for somebody else. He was a little crazy, though, and probably could have used a significant other. ]]> 2019-11-13 16:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410666858 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410785205 Like mentioned earlier, Tesla was always working on his experiments and projects. Using photomath to check and solve his equations and taking notes in his science journal is essential. Nikola was said to take an astonishing amount of notes. ]]> 2019-11-13 18:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410785205 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410785636 Tesla claims to not sleep for more than 2 hours every night! Of course, he would need a proper alarm clock to wake him up on time so he can get working, and timers for his important experiments. ]]> 2019-11-13 18:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410785636 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410790993 As mentioned earlier, Tesla was very invested in his work. So much so he wouldn't get more than 2 hours of sleep a night, and so much so he wouldn't marry. (as I myself often do) he puts his notes on his lock screen to be able to quickly access and read them over whenever he needs to. These specific notes are from 1989, figuring out the "Various ways of connecting apparatus when applying condenser Method of Magnifying effects," or part of his work with the Tesla Coil.]]> 2019-11-13 18:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410790993 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410791141 Mark Twain was one of Tesla's best friends. Twain was a frequent traveler to New York, where Tesla lived. In the early 1890s, Twain became interested in Tesla's invention of the electric motor. He ditched his partner, James Page to work with Nikola. They often worked together, trying experiments and made good work of each other's intelligence. In this photo, Tesla (blurred in the center), Twain (left), and actor Joseph Jefferson (right.) They were working on a new invention in Tesla's lab, an oscillator, a machine that put out alternating currents of high frequency said to have therapeutic effects. Tesla has this photo as his wallpaper to remind him of his friend, and the wonderful clash of a relationship he has. Twain lived in Europe, so Tesla wasn't always able to see his closest friend. ]]> 2019-11-13 18:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/410791141 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/411824365 2019-11-15 15:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/411824365 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/411824771 As mentioned earlier, Edison was for a Direct current, while Tesla was in favor of his own alternating current. We can see here that this dilemma split them up - neither would back down for either of the electricity types.  As it turns out, the Alternating current electricity succeeded and is still used around the world today. Here's an exerpt of a conversation between Edison and Tesla, arguing about the future of the world and its electricity use before they both went their separate ways. Maybe sometimes Tesla likes to look at these old conversations, giving him that boost of pride - he was the right one.  ]]> 2019-11-15 15:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/411824771 olivia_devendorf https://padlet.com/olivia_devendorf/xpnldl487cn4/wish/411831138 Eep, Edvard Csanyi. “Nikola Tesla - Everything Is the Light.” EEP - Electrical Engineering Portal, 16 Aug. 2015.

Hall-Geisler, Kristen. “What Were Nikola Tesla's Famous Inventions?” HowStuffWorks Science, HowStuffWorks, 8 Mar. 2018.

Hunt, Inez Whitaker. “Nikola Tesla.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 Aug. 2019.

Century Magazine, Dickenson V. Alley. “Failing for Success: Nikola Tesla.” Intellectual Ventures, 6 July 2016.

Ghose, Tia. “Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison: Who Was the Better Inventor?” LiveScience, Purch, 10 July 2014.

Colorado Springs Notes - July 1-31, 1899 (a).

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