A talk by Hans Camenzind on Nikola Tesla - 7:48 minutes.
I would quibble with Dr. Camenzind on a few items. Tesla was certainly "interesting" in his older age but the sheer number of patents he won contradicts Camenzind's thought that Tesla had two major ideas in his life. Tesla was awarded Patent # 645,576 for Radio Transmission -- the US Supreme Court upheld it deciding that Tesla demonstrated a workable system years before Marconi sent the three dots from Newfoundland (1891 v/s 1895). (When backpacking there 25 years ago, I spent a night at that site - it was then a parking lot.)
Dr. Camenzind is noted for developing the 555 IC Timer chip back in 1970. This chip is still in production, still used a lot and is one of the more hackable devices out there.
Posted by DaveH at December 15, 2008 9:50 PM