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The founders named their company Tesla to honor Nikola Tesla – engineer, physicist and all-around genius. There’s even a rock band named after him! He was, very simply, a rock star of science!
Many things that we take for granted in our lives are thanks to Nikola Tesla. Want to learn more about him? Read on….
About Nikola Tesla
While he is best-known for designing the alternating-current (AC) electric system, the electrical system we use across the world today, Nikola Tesla is also famous for the “Tesla coil,” used in radio technology. He held over 700 patents and claimed to have invented a 60 million volt death ray!
The video below is a great look at his life and achievements….
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