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Chortle | 06 Jul 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
Two Russian physicists are fundraising to realize their project for wireless energy transmission once proposed by brilliant 20th-century scientist Nikola Tesla. Solar panels and an upgraded Tesla Tower could solve global energy hunger, they say.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 Plekhanov brothers are raising money through IndieGogo kickstarter. The campaign will last until July 25. So far the project has managed to collect only 2 percent of the desired sum (about $18,000 USD out of the desired $800,000 USD as we publish this article).According to the authors of the project, as of today all human civilization's electric energy needs could be covered with a single installation of solar panel measured approximately 316 by 316 kilometers (100,000 square kilometers altogether) positioned in a desert somewhere near the equator.
The original Wardenclyffe Tower (also dubbed the "Tesla Tower"), was constructed by Nikola Tesla in Shoreham, about 100 kilometers from New York, in 1901–17. It never became fully operational.The 57-meter-high tower was made of wood and copper and after a number of experiences to perform trans-Atlantic wireless power transmission, as well as commercial broadcasting and wireless telephony, the tower was disassembled in 1917. link
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Parzival | 06 Jul 2014 9:27 a.m. PST |
To be powered by a cold fusion plant, no doubt. I'm a big fan of Tesla, but I have my doubts that his tower would have worked in the way he thought. Would love to see it tried
though perhaps far away from me! |
David Manley | 06 Jul 2014 10:07 a.m. PST |
Funny, reading this right after watching "The Quiet Earth". What could possibly go wrong? :) |
RavenscraftCybernetics | 06 Jul 2014 12:12 p.m. PST |
I hope it works out for them. |
Zargon | 06 Jul 2014 5:14 p.m. PST |
Funny how we can't afford 'cheap' energy ;/ Wish I could help as he was a real genius. And its such a cool idea. |
Lion in the Stars | 06 Jul 2014 6:04 p.m. PST |
Hey, if it works, it's not crackpot. |
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