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tesla’s houston st. lab
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In 1891, Nikola Tesla established a laboratory at 46 and 48 E. Houston St. At the laboratory, he demonstrated the possibilities of wireless power transmission by lighting electric lamps wirelessly.
Tesla also prepared his demonstrations for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago at this location. Among the responsibilities of lighting the fair with AC power and fluorescent bulbs (created with the collaboration of George Westinghouse), Tesla also created whimsical demonstrations of electrical power like the Egg of Columbus.
view full location details...nikola tesla museum
from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
Established on December 5, 1952, The Nikola Tesla Museum is a repository of Tesla's original documents (about 160,000 of them), books and journals, historic technical exhibits, photographs, plans and drawings.
The museum received the bulk of the estate when an American court awarded the belongings to Mr. Sava Kosanovic, Tesla's nephew, as the only rightful heir. In 1951, there were brought to Belgrade in accordance with Tesla's will.
Tesla's ashes are also in the museum, his created remains enclosed in a gold-plated orb.
view full location details...nikola tesla’s hotel room
from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
Nikola Tesla, inventor and engineer, lived at The New Yorker Hotel in rooms 3327 and 3328 from 1933-1943. Although Tesla had enormous contributions to several fields (electronics, radio, wireless communications and more), he had never attempted to exploit his research for financial gain.
After Tesla died in his hotel room on January 7, 1943, the safe in room 3327 with his papers on "Tesla's Death Ray" (a theoretical weaponized form of his research) was broken into and the research papers stolen. They have never been recovered.
view full location details...apple computers first office
from apple, steve jobs posted in technology by prof_improbable
Apple got their first major investor in Mike Markkula, a former Intel employee who had made millions and retired by the age of 34. He help draw up a business plan where he would invest $250,000 to build 1,000 machines.
Apple hired Rob Holt (a friend of Steve Jobs) to create a power supply and create a mold for the distinctive plastic shell (as opposed to the previous wooden case). With the addition of an office manager in Mike Scott, the company moved to their first real office setting in 1976.
the byte shop (former)
from apple, steve jobs posted in technology by prof_improbable
This address is the former location of The Byte Shop. Owned by Paul Terrel, The Byte Shop specialized in computer supplies in the mid-70s. Terrel was a member of the Homebrew Computing Club, the same club as a young Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
In 1976, the Byte Shop became the first retail location for the Apple 1 computers after the duo had demonstrated the machine at a Homebrew meeting.
Terrel ordered 50 of them, at $500 a piece, with a purchase order totaling $25,000. It was an enormous order for for the fledgling company, and Steve and Woz put their friends and neighbors to work in Jobs' garage. Early "employees" were paid $1 a board.
The parts for the Apple cost $220, while the computer was sold to Terrel for $500, who would usually put them in wooden boxes.
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