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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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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Bald cypress trees in Georgia
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Autumnal equinox
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Let the Highland games begin
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National Hammock Day
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A story of wind and ice
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International Museum Day
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Unearthing a queen s lost tale
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Landscape Architecture Month
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A whale of a hug
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Málaga, Spain
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Northern coast of Colombia
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Ski touring in Austria
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Happy Bee Day to you
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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3,000 years of history
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
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National Park Week begins
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Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
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Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway