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[–] 15366051? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I withhold judgement on whether his theories would work, I don't know enough about what he was trying to do, but the fact that the guy was even thinking of wireless communication in 1908 shows that he was a way out-of-the-box thinker. We can transmit voice and image signals over electromagnetic radiation. I don't think is is very far fetched to thing that electric power itself can be transferred over the same thing.

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[–] 15367272? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Some of the Far East island nation's do a lot of research into wireless energy transmission. From what I recall, there are some interesting methods being developed that use radio, and/or microwaves to resonate, and energize special (very) low watt electric generators at long distances.

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[–] 15366342? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The guy would design everything about his inventions solely in memory, tested the imagined prototype conceptually within his mind to work out the errors, and THEN developed physical working prototypes, before ever writing a single note. If he thought it was too dangerous for others, he didn't write it down.

Now that is testament to trust his ideas.