We approach today’s observance of National Science Fiction Day through a route of science fact. Our photo shows Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla with his magnifying transmitter—an experimental power generator that used his Tesla coils to demonstrate the possibility of a safe, wireless electrical grid. While Tesla’s vision for an electrical system never materialized, many of his concepts and designs would shape various technologies to come, including radio transmission, and even some fundamentals of the internet.
Tesla, the visionary
Today in History
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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Computer Science EDU Week
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World Octopus Day
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Pollinator Week
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Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!
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Juneteenth
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The borrowed days are here
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National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
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Flock together for Cousins Day
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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World Turtle Day
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Celebrating sea otters
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A bison preserve
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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Don t forget—it’s World Elephant Day
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