nicola tesla

Nikola Tesla (July 10 [O.S. July 9], 1856 – January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered alternating-current (AC) power systemsHe invented the Tesla coil in 1891 and worked with Westinghouse to light the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and harness Niagara Falls for AC powerThough he held over 300 patents during his life, Tesla died in relative poverty, yet his visionary ideas on wireless energy and resonance continue to influence modern technology