'Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.'-- NT
Webs of Maya
Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating. There are no speakers involved. The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it responds to by playing notes that are programmed into the computer software.
Bowie as Nikola Tesla in 'The Prestige'
Nikola Tesla: The Philadephia Experiment, Time Travel Secret
In the 1930's Nikola Tesla got involved with a group with was experimenting with moving through the Time/Space continuum. In the early 1930's, the University of Chicago investigated the possibility of invisibility through the use of electricity. In 1939 this project was moved to Princeton's Institute of Advanced Studies, this is not far from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Experiment, otherwise known as Project Rainbow, has been a subject of long controversy and debate. It was an attempt by the Navy to create a ship that could not be detected by magnetic mines and-or radar. There was also talk of invisibility projects and mind control experiments. The truth behind this project will never be known to the public. Many of the stories associated with this infamous experiment are wild: whispers of men 'freezing' in time for months, rumors of men traveling through time, and horror stories of men becoming stuck in bulkheads or even the floor of the ship itself.
Tesla's Bladeless Turbine
The Tesla bladeless turbine consists simply of multiple shaft mounted disks suspended upon bearings which position the rotor system within its cylindrical casing. In operation high velocity gases enter tangentially at the periphery of the disks, and flow through the narrow spaces between them in free spiral paths to exit, depleted of energy, through central exhaust ports. The slight viscosity of the moving gas along with its molecular adhesion to the disks combine to drag them along, efficiently transferring the fuel's energy to the disks and on to the shaft. There are some who believe that if this engine was built using advanced technology and materials it would have a power-to-weight ratio that compares favorably with bladed turbine engines.
Jack White shows Meg White his Tesla Coil
How to build a Tesla Coil
Nikola Tesla's Egg of Columbus
A significant event deserving recognition this year is the 100th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's momentous exhibit at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. It was 100 years ago at this world's fair that Tesla and George Westinghouse first introduced the American public to the alternating current electrical power system. Among the exhibits was a novel demonstration known as the "Egg of Columbus" used to explain the principal of the rotating magnetic field and the induction motor. A reproduction of this device, presently on display at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Museum, is shown in operation.
UFO.TV's Secret of Nikola Tesla starring Orson Welles
Tesla Continuum
Tesla Continuum is analog-digital reversable movie produced by Rudjer Boskovic Institute from Croatia for 150 anniversary of Nikola Tesla.
from 'Violet Fire', an opera about Nikola Tesla
The extraordinary life of inventor Nikola Tesla (1856—1943) provides the framework for the world premiere of Violet Fire, a multimedia opera. The production debuted in July 2006 at the National Theater in Belgrade, playing four sold-out performances and receiving enthusiastic critical and popular response. On October 18, 20 & 21, 2006, the Brooklyn Academy of Music presented the opera’s US premiere in New York as part of its Next Wave Festival, featuring singers from Serbia’s National Theater.
DESTENI channels the spirit of Nikola Tesla
Unveiling the Tesla monument at Niagara Falls
Nikola Tesla designed the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, New York which started producing electrical power in 1895. This was the beginning of the electrification of the United States and the rest of the world. Today, Tesla's AC electricity is lighting and powering the globe. Nikola Tesla is the genius who lit the world. Now, the inventor of alternating current has a permanent tribute overlooking the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, Canadian side. As a boy, Tesla saw a picture of Niagara Falls and told his uncle in Lika, Croatia, that he wanted to put a wheel under the falls to harness the power of the moving water.
Tesla & the Bellboy
Tesla technology turns on a lamp
'You're a Man Out of Time': Horrible 80s retro synth rock song about Tesla
The World's Largest Extant Tesla Coil in Newcastle, Oklahoma
Tesla's main claim to fame lay with his invention of the alternating current motor. Tesla believed that alternating current was vastly superior to (Edison's) direct current, but the problem was the lack of a practical motor. Alternating current is practical because of the fact that it can be altered or converted to suit a variety of situations. For example, if the voltage is made quite high, then the current necessary for a specific level of power is very low. This low current then becomes very efficient when sending electrical power over very long wires. (This is the reason why the power lines running across the countryside are at very high voltages.)
Tesla's Eulogy
Room#3327": The room in the New Yorker Hotel where Nikola Tesla lived for last ten years of his life and died impoverished on January 7th, 1943. NYC's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's Eulogy to Nikola Tesla as delivered on January 10, 1943, written by Louis Adamic.
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p.s. Hey. New posts again starting tomorrow. ** Nicola Smith, Hey there! Sweetness to see you! That's great news, wow! At long, long last! I'll go score the book pronto, and if by some chance you want to use a post here as a intro/promo thing, just let me know 'cos you know I'd be very happy to do the place's humble part. Everyone, The awesome thinker/writer and long, long time d.l. Nicola Smith has co-edited a fantastically interesting sounding book that's been in the works for ages, and it's out! It's called 'Queer Sex Work, published by the venerable Routledge. Here's a bit of the jacket copy: '"Queer Sex Work" explores what it might mean to ‘be’, ‘do’ and ‘think’ queer(ly) in the study and practice of commercial sex. It brings together a multiplicity of empirical case studies – including erotic dance venues, online sex working, pornography, grey sexual economies, and BSDM – and offers a variety of perspectives from academic scholars, policy practitioners, activists and sex workers themselves. In so doing, the book advances a queer politics of sex work that aims to disrupt heteronormative logics whilst also making space for different voices in academic and political debates about commercial sex.' I highly recommend this book to you, and I highly recommend you click this and go check it out and pick up your own copy if you're able. This is such wonderful and exciting news, my old pal! ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T! Whoa, not only do we get the gorgeous haikus themselves, but we get a whole related multi-media shebang! I'll give it a thorough watching when I'm out of here, and I'll ... yeah, what the heck, I'll imbed that video down below, if that's okay. Anyway, ... Everyone, The great scribe Thomas 'Moronic' Moore almost always responds to the slave posts by writing an exquisite haiku to each and every slave that you, no doubt, have read and luxuriated within in the comments arena. This month, Mr. Moore has gone an extra mile, and ... wait, he'll tell you: 'I don't know why - maybe I had one too many coffees this morning or something - but I ended up making a video to accompany the slaves/slave haikus this month. I made a collage of some of my noise/some audio from porn, and me reading the haikus (which starts at about 1:20).' To facilitate your experiencing of this bonus, I've imbedded the video down at the bottom of the p.s., and please click it in the appropriate spot once you get down there. Can't wait, T! ** Hyemin kim, Hi. Happy belated birthday to your mom! Thank you for the wise words about my blog's sexuality! I'm happy to answer the questions , and I'll do my very best. My brain space to answer well and interestingly will depend on when and how the post-production on our film happens. We're waiting to find out right now. Hopefully, it'll happen before mid-March. When that's ongoing, it'll be tough because I'll be working on the film very long hours. But I'll figure out a way, Oh, and on March 24th, tentatively, I'll be traveling to the US, and I won't be able to do it for the couple of weeks after that, if the trip happens as planned. Thank you very much for wanting to know more of what I think. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. Thank you for the trailer help. Ours is weirder, unfortunately or fortunately. I'm very looking forward to the new Greenaway too. ** Kier, Hi! I got your email. I'll open it and look through the stuff hopefully later today. Excited! Thank you! I liked imagining what brain surgery on an ass would be. Well, yeah our film is neither pop nor sexy, I don't think, and neither is the trailer we've made, so it could be back to the drawing board for us. Sigh. Your weekend seems like it was kind of relaxed and scrambled at the same time, nice. Mine: Uh, on Saturday Zac and I finished the promo reel. Well, all except for some compositing work that needs to be done in one shot, and Zac's the tech one of us, so he's doing that solo, and hopefully it'll be ready to get its thumbs up or down later today. We're still waiting to hear about the post-production people, which is a little stressful because we need and want to get that underway asap. On Sunday, I stayed home and did stuff I need to do. First, I started revising the script of the new theater piece after all the changes and cuts and additions we made in Halle, so I spent hours starting to do that. Second, I started the serious looking for a new apartment via relentless searching of online real estate sites. There are some possibilities, I think, but we'll see, and I find that kind of stuff really stressful, but it has to happen. So, basically, I spent all of Sunday doing those two things and basically nothing else. Today, hm, don't know yet. And you and Monday? How did you two get along? ** Bill, Hi. Thanks for the surgery condolences. Let's face it, Blogger could easily flip their policy once again, and at least I'll be ready. Oh, he was in 'The Frighteners'. I haven't thought about that film in ages. Huh. I think I remember him. Yeah, I know what bargaining is like, and acceptance is inevitably at the bottom of that waterfall, I guess. Still, ... ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. So, hopefully you're in the process of moving into the new place today. I envy your being at that point. I hope my search goes as easily as yours. £160 for that painting seems like an awfully good deal. Has the bidding made that number skyrocket? Thanks for the link to the new Rachel Maclean/Errors video! ** Grant maierhofer, Hi, Grant! Wowzer, that is really, really great news, man! Fucking A! UofI is a wise place, it turns out. Who'd have thunk? Or, well, why not, I guess. Anyway, hooray, man! Everyone, Grant Maierhofer, writing master, has a couple of new pieces up that I recommend to you. First, here's'Twenty-Seven Theses on the Act of Generating Potential Artworks as a Human Animal in the Year of our Bored Two-Thousand and Fifteen' @ the always great Queen Mobs Teahouse, and, secondly, here, at the same general location, is 'CONTROL AND SUICIDE PART ONE' about, in GM's words, 'Ian Curtis, Corbijn's "Control", and shit.' Go, yes? Thanks a bunch, man, and love back to you! ** Alex McRainey, Hi, Alex! Welcome to here! That's incredibly nice and kind of you to say, thank you so much! It looks like I can discover and follow your own writing at the Rough Trade blog, and I will do that. Obviously, please feel free to hang out here and comment whenever it pleases you. ** Cal Graves, Hi. As in Ken Doll tweaks me the most, so I'll go for that one. Cool, thank you. Oh, that's a good instrument choice. A dijorydo and a mellotron would sound really good together. We'll have to do a duet if your question turns into a granted wish. Wow, curious question today. I'm going to give myself exactly 15 seconds to think about that. Hold on. 'Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright'. Yours? Holey, Dennis. ** James, Hi. That's interesting. That makes sense. I'm probably going reinsert boy parts again starting with the next escort post, but I think that, from now, on I'll think very carefully about the decision to include them or not, which should be interesting. 'Charade' was one of my mom's favorite movies. Being taken to see it in a theater is the second moviegoing memory of my life after a memory involving 'Bambi'. Thank you, J., and love back to you. ** Keaton, You think? I feel like I've met guys who only sort of like bordering merely tolerate facials. You're dreaming a lot these days. Or maybe your fingers are just more involved afterwards. Those are nice ones. I got nothing on the dream front to give you in return. Squat. Zero. ** Steevee, My guess is that, in Imsodoomed's case, his 'life story' is about 150% wank fantasy. I've heard of Nils Malmros, yes, but I don't think I've seen his work. Maybe it's more accessible here in France? I'll find out. Sounds quite curious. ** Misanthrope, Hi. I don't think my ripped shirt was very hot, though. I think my ripped shirt was the exception to the rule. It sounds like the porn thing is a personal issue for you, so, yeah, leaving it as a disagreement is probably the best way. What you wrote did raise a question. You don't have to answer it, obviously. So, given your idea about porn being destructive and soul-sucking for porn performers, when you watch porn, is the idea that you're watching them be destroyed as people part of the erotic appeal for you, or do you shut that idea out when you're watching porn and pretend you're at an erotic Disneyland or something? Well, wouldn't the fire department be the culpable party, suing-wise? Jesus, LPS's mom is so grotesquely predictable. Sorry, man. ** Okay. Our last rerun, at least until such time as our film's post-production affects the blog negatively again, centers around Mr. Tesla. Have it be your day around here, if you like. See you tomorrow.
Thomas Moronic 'Slave Haikus February 2015'