In 1898 he showed his remote control bote which he did so in the US.
Nikola Tesla had inventions that have to do with wireless technology. He did not invent telophone cables.
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Nikola Tesla is the father of Robotics. Tesla discovered remote control and patented a radio controlled robot-boat in November 8, 1898 (Patent #: 613.809) in 1898.
No, Nikola Tesla did not invent the plasma ball. The plasma ball was actually invented by Nikola's brother, Danelei Tesla, in 1894. Nikola Tesla did, however, work extensively with high-voltage and high-frequency phenomena related to plasma discharge.
Nikola Tesla did not invent the laser. The laser was invented by Theodore Maiman in 1960. Nikola Tesla was a pioneer in various fields of electrical engineering and contributed to the development of alternating current (AC) power systems.
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Nikola Tesla invented the car. He did turn a pierce arrow 1930 car all electric.
Nikola Tesla is a non longer living person so we can not ask him this question. To my mind, it just was the thing he beleived he had to do.
Tesla could imaging things in his mind and put them to work.
Anything that we use that is wireless is based on Tesla's inventions.
Nikola had that in his blood. His mother Đuka Mandić Tesla, invented tools. We could say, Tesla inherited the genius mind and the invention mind from his mother.