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LESSON 5 · The Physics Inside Your Gadgets

PAUSE TO THINK

Did Nikola Tesla try wireless power transfer over a century ago?

Yes

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower was designed in 1901 to send power without wires, using the Earth itself as a conductor. The project ran out of funding and was never completed, but Tesla did demonstrate wireless power over short distances in his lab.

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