Can anyone explain this statement related to tesla's work.?

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The discussion revolves around a statement regarding Nikola Tesla's work on wireless energy transfer, specifically the concept of sending electrostatic forces through natural media to a wireless receiver. Participants are questioning the validity and current application of this concept.

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  • One participant requests elaboration on Tesla's statement and inquires about its current application and reasons for any lack thereof.
  • Another participant suggests that the expression may originate from Wikipedia and notes the difficulty in distinguishing fact from fiction regarding Tesla's legacy.
  • A different participant humorously claims that Tesla's inventions were suppressed before 2001, implying a conspiracy around his work.
  • One participant expresses skepticism about the statement, describing it as "utter gobbledegook" and mentions that while Tesla demonstrated wireless power transfer, it was inefficient and proposed a costly grid of wireless stations.

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Participants express differing views on the clarity and validity of Tesla's statement, with some questioning its meaning and others discussing historical context and implications. No consensus is reached regarding the statement's accuracy or current relevance.

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Participants reference the historical context of Tesla's work and the challenges associated with implementing his ideas, including inefficiencies and potential costs of infrastructure.

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"Tesla sent electrostatic forces through natural media across a conductor situated in the changing magnetic flux and transferred electrical energy to a wireless receiver"

Can anyone elaborate this..?Is this employed now..? if no, why..?
 
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I believe that expression comes from the wikipedia article and other web sites about him. I can't find similar on the web before 2001 or using google books. He's become some kind of god in certain parts of the web and it's hard to tell fact from fiction.

If you want to know who invented radio there are several contenders and lots of heated debate.
 
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I can't find similar on the web before 2001
That's because Tesla's invention of the web before 2001 was suppressed by the authorities, along with so much else that he did :biggrin:
 
aditya23456 said:
"Tesla sent electrostatic forces through natural media across a conductor situated in the changing magnetic flux and transferred electrical energy to a wireless receiver"

Can anyone elaborate this..?Is this employed now..? if no, why..?

Sounds like utter gobbledegook to me.

Probably stems from his having successfully shown that you CAN transfer power to a wireless receiver, it's just grossly inefficient. I have read that he once proposed a grid of his wireless stations throughout the country but that detailed analysis showed that stations had to be no more than about a mile apart and building a grid of 1 mile by 1 mile stations throughout the country, plus the transmitting stations, would have cost approximately the gross national product of the entire planet to buy the land and build everything.
 
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