Thursday, August 7, 2008

Nicola Tesla

In 1900, with US$150,000 (51 % from J. Pierpont Morgan), Tesla began planning the Wardenclyffe Tower facility. In June 1902, Tesla's lab operations were moved to Wardenclyffe from Houston Street. The tower was finally dismantled for scrap during World War I. Newspapers of the time labeled Wardenclyffe "Tesla's million-dollar folly". In 1904, the US Patent Office reversed its decision and awarded Guglielmo Marconi the patent for radio, and Tesla began his fight to re-acquire the radio patent. On his 50th birthday in 1906, Tesla demonstrated his 200 hp (150 kW) 16,000 rpm bladeless turbine. During 1910–1911 at the Waterside Power Station in New York, several of his bladeless turbine engines were tested at 100–5000 hp.

Since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Marconi for radio in 1909, Thomas Edison and Tesla were mentioned as potential laureates to share the Nobel Prize of 1915 in a press dispatch, leading to one of several Nobel Prize controversies. Some sources have claimed that due to their animosity toward each other neither was given the award, despite their enormous scientific contributions, and that each sought to minimize the other one's achievements and right to win the award, that both refused to ever accept the award if the other received it first, and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it.[67] In the following events after the rumors, neither Tesla nor Edison won the prize (although Edison did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1915, and Tesla did receive one bid out of 38 in 1937).[68] Earlier, Tesla alone was rumored to have been nominated for the Nobel Prize of 1912. The rumored nomination was primarily for his experiments with tuned circuits using high-voltage high-frequency resonant transformers.

In 1915, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Marconi attempting, unsuccessfully, to obtain a court injunction against Marconi's claims. After Wardenclyffe, Tesla built the Telefunken Wireless Station in Sayville, Long Island. Some of what he wanted to achieve at Wardenclyffe was accomplished with the Telefunken Wireless. In 1917, the facility was seized and torn down by the Marines, because it was suspected that it could be used by German spies.

Before World War I, Tesla looked overseas for investors to fund his research. When the war started, Tesla lost the funding he was receiving from his patents in European countries. After the war ended, Tesla made predictions regarding the relevant issues of the post-World War I environment, in a printed article (December 20, 1914). Tesla believed that the League of Nations was not a remedy for the times and issues. Tesla started to exhibit pronounced symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the years following. He became obsessed with the number three; he often felt compelled to walk around a block three times before entering a building, demanded a stack of three folded cloth napkins beside his plate at every meal, etc. The nature of OCD was little understood at the time and no treatments were available, so his symptoms were considered by some to be evidence of partial insanity, and this undoubtedly hurt what was left of his reputation.

At this time, he was staying at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, renting in an arrangement for deferred payments. Eventually, the Wardenclyffe deed was turned over to George Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria, to pay a US$20,000 debt. In 1917, around the time that the Wardenclyffe Tower was demolished by Boldt to make the land a more viable real estate asset, Tesla received AIEE's highest honor, the Edison Medal.

Tesla, in August 1917, first established principles regarding frequency and power level for the first primitive RADAR units.[69] In 1934, Émile Girardeau, working with the first French RADAR systems, stated he was building RADAR systems "conceived according to the principles stated by Tesla". By the 1920s, Tesla was reportedly negotiating with the United Kingdom government about a ray system. Tesla had also stated that efforts had been made to steal the so called "death ray". It is suggested that the removal of the Chamberlain government ended negotiations.

On Tesla's seventy-fifth birthday in 1931, Time magazine put him on its cover. The cover caption noted his contribution to electrical power generation. Tesla received his last patent in 1928 for an apparatus for aerial transportation which was the first instance of VTOL aircraft. By the end of 1931, Tesla released "On Future Motive Power" which covered an ocean thermal energy conversion system. In 1934, Tesla wrote to consul Janković of his homeland. The letter contained a message of gratitude to Mihajlo Pupin who had initiated a donation scheme by which American companies could support Tesla. Tesla refused the assistance, choosing instead to live on a modest pension received from Yugoslavia, and to continue his research.

In 1936, Tesla wrote in a telegram to Vladko Maček: "I'm equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland. Long live all Yugoslavs."[70]

Designers and Manufacturers of Geo-solar Homes

eBay - Back to the Future II McFly Hoverboard Auction

Nike Air Max 90 Current - Hitomi Yokoyama co-lab

Jay-z Blueprint 3


BLUEPRINT 3 from kwest on Vimeo.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Aurora Future of the Web


Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.



Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

VAIO® TP Home Theater


Go check out the specs!
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Monday, August 4, 2008

agua Tshirt!

Imaginé by the collective Spanish missmoustache composed of Herminia, and Marta industrial designer, graphic designer, tee "agua will ª" has the distinction of being marketed in a pocket filled with water to get a feeling of freshness!

Friday, August 1, 2008

New complex!

Look at this!


Golden Shellback Waterproof Coating from gCaptain.com on Vimeo.

New color-way! Reebok Court Victory

Mario Bros kids room!!

Elegant Trash

The Hang On Outlet

Spike Lee x G-Shock DW-5600 25th Anniversary Watch

introducing The Nike Air Yeezy By Kanye West

After tons of appearances on Kanye West's feet, we can finally show you some good images of the Nike Air Yeezy.

"The Air Yeezy is inspired by Kanye’s love for high top designer shoes, drafting from the collar molding seen in the Air Jordan V and featuring a thin midfoot strap hardly meant for support. While originally conceptualized atop a Dunk midsole, the final version of the Yeezy features the familiar shared tooling from the Jordan III and Air Revolution, which most recently was also featured on Jordan Brand’s Spiz’ike and a lesser known model that deservedly flew under the radar, the Flight 48. It’s also the bulkiness of the shoe’s tongue that stands out most, with West always opting to pop the tongue and leave the waxed laces loosely tied. An ode to his tour, the model’s outsole also actually glows in the dark, as similar to a common glow stick, if the shoe is held near light, the familiar green glowing hue will radiate afterwards out from under the shoe. This black/glow colorway features a ridiculously high quality full grain leather along the heel quarter, with rich suede making up the toe and midfoot overlays and patent leather highlighting the dominant midfoot strap.

How to Pronounce Designer's Names

Thursday, July 31, 2008

nasty cup!

eYe x Brooks Brothers patchwork shirt $5100 HKD ~ $654 USD

eYe x LEVI’s selvedge reconstruct denim $11600 HKD ~ $1487 USD

1890s-201-levis


the story behind this pair of denim has a great story beside the image and the price, as this article is being published the price is at $8,700.00USD with more than a day to go on Ebay. This is the kind of find that inspires all the efforst of worn denim we see created today, here is the story direct from the seller pure astounding.

"This old pair of LEVI'S were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert,. California. They are covered in candlewax from the candle's the miner was using to light the tunnel he was working in. They were found with and old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and 1898 in the town or Randsburg. Their was also a gunny sack with the initials A.P.K. and Randsburg marked on it. A.P.K. is through to be Adam P. Kuffel who was a partner in the mercantile store.

These pants have the cloth label vice the leather label. The label (pictured) indicates that they are size W34 x L33, They are copper riveted with the rivets marked L.S. & Co. S.F. They are buckle back (pictured) with suspender buttons. Buttons are silver in color and are all marked LEVI STRAUSS & CO. S.F.CAL. Tthe pants were made with just one back pocket on the right hand side."


I like Montblanc pens and Moleskine paper!

I can not find this shirt!! mos def + undrcrwn


Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Loopwheeler 2008 Fall/Winter Collection

Among the very few of a dying breed of fleece producers, Loopwheeler’s techniques place a precedence on quality and tradition with vintage style looms as opposed to the automation prevalent in current production practices. Their 2008 fall/winter collection is a mixture of wardrobe essentials such as hoodies as well as track-style jackets and stadium jackets. Among the most interesting pieces is the multi-pocketed DP4 which offers various pockets throughout.

GINA, BMW fabric car! car is dope, name sucks

Colette x Oakley Frogskin - Sold out Mark!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Back pack Ideas for marks back to school 09 bonanza

Black Hermes Backpack 1,700.00 and Kidrobot Backpack 145.00

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

B.I.G. they make them now!!

"700!!!" this is for-real.

Friday, July 11, 2008

iTunes 7.7 and the iPhone 2.0


Tons of new applications available with iTunes 7.7 and many of them are free. Check lifehacker.com for full coverage about this.

फर्स्टएवर पस्तेल्ले होद्दिए!!

Kanye was spotted @ the Dior Homme fashion show in Paris wearing "The WARRIOR Hoodie" from his Pastelle line. It's made from about 6 different materials (nylon, leather, felt, mesh etc.) and the design is inspired by a suit of armor.

The Cackillac Emblem is so hard!

Spring/summer 08 preview from County Lines - "The North Cack Collection" - My brother louis T, it crushing it this spring.


My new "old" favorite song.. I know black rob has seen this, but for the rest of ya'll please see it!!

Friday, July 4, 2008

NEW JOE, FOR MARK!


"Moo" + "SHEEP"
archival giclee print on heavystock watercolor paper
8x10" limited edition of 75(signed and numbered by the artist)
$50 (please allow 2-3 weeks for shipping).