Кампања за статуу Николе Тесле у Силицијумској долини

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The first statue in the world to offer a free Wi-Fi hotspot, a statue of Nikola Tesla will be cast in bronze in the Silicon Valley

 

Why a statue of Nikola Tesla in the Silicon Valley?

 

This project will place a life-size bronze statue (with a free Wi-Fi signal) of Nikola Tesla in Palo Alto, California near California Avenue in the heart of the Silicon Valley.  Nikola Tesla is an under-recognized inventor who was instrumental to our mainstay system of electricity transfer (alternating current) and made hundreds of significant and groundbreaking inventions in areas of wireless energy, wireless communication, magnetism, radio, x-rays, cosmic rays, radar, robotics, engine-powered aircraft and much more.

Silicon Valley enjoys an elevated lifestyle derived from advancing the foundation Nikola Tesla helped lay.  This project pays respect to the person who used his brilliance to advance society, not for personal wealth.  The Tesla Statue can inspire entrepreneurs - who come here from all over the world - to think similarly, especially on big topics like energy and wireless information transfer.  The free exchange of information and affordable access to sustainable energy have the potential to solve the critical issues of poverty and education, and inspire peace.

You can help make this project happen by pledging funds in exchange for Tesla inspired rewards or by spreading the word.  You can keep tabs on this project in 2013 by becoming a backer or following @teslastatue on Twitter.

Our favorite reward is the ability for you to have your individual, family or organization’s name etched in stone for good alongside the Tesla Statue.  If that is not affordable or appealing we hope the rest of the rewards will be interesting to you!   If you can't afford to support the project but want to help out in any way please message us.

“My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.” - Nikola Tesla, 1919

Inspiring bigger changes

Nikola Tesla was a visionary inventor who immigrated to the United States in 1884.  Tesla poured all of his time, money and energy into the advancement of his inventions, caring little for the lure of financial outcomes.  Wireless and energy remain two of the Silicon Valley's biggest opportunities.

The Tesla Statue will embody Tesla's belief in the power of the creative spirit and will inspire entrepreneurs living here and those who visit from around the world to think creatively about humanity's greatest challenges.

“To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions. We must transmit our intelligence, travel, transport the materials and transfer the energies necessary for our existence.” - Nikola Tesla, 1905

What did Nikola Tesla accomplish?

Nikola Tesla is credited with the most significant contributions to the alternating current electricity system which we all now rely on every minute of every day.  Tesla also made hundreds of significant and groundbreaking inventions in areas of wireless energy, wireless communication, magnetism, radio, x-rays, cosmic rays, radar, robotics, engine-powered aircraft and much more.  In 1943, the Supreme Court of the United States gave priority to Tesla’s radio patents over Marconi’s.

Tesla’s inability to sustain substantial personal wealth from his inventions should not be confused with a lack of commercialization or financial success.  In 1888 Tesla struck a deal for his alternating current and induction motor patents with Westinghouse, valued at $24 million cash in today's dollars plus a rich royalty; he agreed to tear up the royalty contract ten years later to aid the near bankrupt Westinghouse.  Around the same time, Thomas Edison lost ownership of the electric company that he started to financiers who did not show the same mercy as Tesla.

Tesla was a visionary who thought beyond the profits of wire and sought to make energy and information freely available around the world.  Tesla remained respected and very popular throughout his lifetime, gracing the cover of Time Magazine at age 75 and receiving reporters regularly for press conferences.

You can learn more about Tesla by visiting the following sites:

http://www.teslasciencecenter.com

http://www.teslasociety.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

"All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life." - Nikola Tesla, 1927

How did the idea for the Tesla Statue originate?

Dorrian Porter founded Northern Imagination in February to pursue creative ideas and projects after spending twelve years selling software. He learned about Tesla four years ago and was astonished by today's under appreciation of Tesla's incredible vision from over 100 years ago.  After finishing his last gig, Dorrian approached Harold Hohbach, the landlord of the office building where Dorrian worked in Palo Alto, about putting the Tesla Statue in open view on Harold's property.

Harold began his career as an electrical engineer at Westinghouse in 1946 and worked as a patent attorney in the Silicon Valley for 50 years. Not only did Harold say yes to putting the Tesla Statue on his property, that same day he asked Dorrian to go meet with local artist Terry Guyer. Coincidentally, Terry's studio is located on Edison Way at the Edison Technology Park in Menlo Park, California. Terry was excited by the opportunity to build a statue of Tesla whom he has admired for many years.

"To my mind a work of art must embody, first, a noble idea born of this painful striving for dematerialization; second, its expression in beautiful form, and, third, something, however little, of the artist’s individuality." - Nikola Tesla, 1907

What progress has been made so far on the Tesla Statue?

Representation of Tesla: Based on extensive research, Dorrian and Terry worked closely to settle on an initial design to direct the creation of the statue.  We discovered a range of photos and images that offer many different perspectives of the same historical figure.  Tesla often enjoyed demonstrating wireless electricity involving a wirelessly charged bulb in the 1890s.  As a result we chose to emphasize Tesla’s invention around wireless electricity due to the uniqueness of the invention, both then and now.  We also thought it was important to convey his formal and thoughtful nature, and most importantly to ensure that the end result best reflects Tesla's likeness. 

Maquette / Preliminary Model:  Terry has finished a preliminary model of the Tesla Statue.  We welcome feedback from backers of the Tesla Statue project which will be incorporated into creating the final and best recognition of Tesla.  We are excited about the impact of crowdsourcing on the creative process itself and open to all ideas and suggestions.

Selection of Artworks Foundry:  Dorrian and Terry visited and selected The Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, California to cast the statue using the lost-wax casting method.  The Artworks Foundry is world renowned for its production and restoration of statues.  Visiting the Artworks Foundry is an eye-opening experience into a purified setting of incredible skill, team-work and creativity.

Selection of location in Palo Alto:  The Tesla Statue is proposed to be situated immediately after the off-ramp of Page Mill Road, one of Palo Alto's busiest streets, leading to California Avenue.  This placement means it will be seen by thousands of passing automobiles and pedestrians every day.  The area continues to see increased development for office space, especially for technology start-ups.

Passionate fans who want to do something cool for Tesla: YOU!

"When I understood the task, it was not with a resolve such as men often make. With me it was a sacred vow, a question of life and death. I knew that I would perish if I failed." - Nikola Tesla, 1919

Why are you raising so much money?  This is about creativity.

Sculpting, casting in bronze using the lost-wax method, installing and maintaining a life size statue is a significant project.  We have also selected rewards that we believe are reflective of Tesla's greatness and will be meaningful to backers of the project.  Here is the math on the project’s estimated financials at goal:

Artist-time, lost wax casting, installation - $67,000

Real-estate, maintenance and cost recovery to this stage - $15,000

Cost of goods for the rewards including fulfillment - $29,000

Kickstarter / Amazon fees - $12,000

Total = $123,000

“Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.” - Nikola Tesla, 1937

Music:

The music in the video is Molitva (instrumental version) written and produced by Vladimir Graic and licensed by Highball Music GmbH.

Molitva is sung by Serbian singer Marija Serifovic.  It was the winning song of the 2007 EuroVision Song Contest.  You can find Molitva on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/molitva-instrumental/id259891927?i=259893178

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/molitva-esc-serbian-version/id259891927?i=259891955

"Light cannot be anything else but a longitudinal disturbance in the ether, involving alternate compressions and rarefactions.  In other words, light can be nothing else than a sound wave in the ether." Nikola Tesla, 1934

Risks and challenges Learn about accountability on Kickstarter

Managing and executing the statue-making process on time: The process from final maquette to life-size bronze casted statue using the lost-wax method can take six months. Visiting the Artworks Foundry to see bronze casting in action illustrated the incredible hard and detailed work involved in statue making. Once the initial model is finalized we will still want to ensure sufficient time with the full-size version to get accurate detail and texture, and we will not be in control of the lost-wax casting process once it begins. We have selected a foundry with a fantastic reputation with a commitment to quality and delivery. We have chosen a delivery date we believe is reasonable in consultation with all of the people involved.

Funding and fulfillment of rewards: We have chosen a wide selection of rewards and have sought high quality items. We have not seen preliminary models of any rewards (other than similar items). We know that fulfillment will require commitment to quality and a timetable that meets expectations. We will ensure we recruit the help we need to fulfill every reward on time if we have a successful project. We are unsure of the mix of rewards that will be requested (for example if only ten magnetized statues are selected vs. one-hundred) and how that will affect our fulfillment. We have however specifically chosen rewards we believe we can fulfill regardless of quantity.

Ongoing maintenance: While we have an initial placement of the statue for at least five years (more likely ten years) the statue will need to be managed and maintained on an ongoing basis. Working with Harold Hohbach, Northern Imagination will ensure the maintenance exists in the initial period. In addition, in the long term Dorrian Porter is personally committed to the maintenance (and if necessary re-location) of the Tesla Statue. We are researching best ways to mitigate unforeseen or intentional damage.

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То им ваљда дође слично.

[Срђан Ранђеловић]

Објашњење у вези са акцентом:

 

That is too bad we didn't get it quite right (although a Serbian I know did watch it and didn't comment about the accent). I provided an English interview with a Serbian politician to the voice actor, who was working remotely.  I was working under a short timeline. In defense I can only say as a Canadian that I am often mixed up with someone from Wisconsin so I know how it feels.

 

Има мало ниже коментар на снимку

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Иницијатива за Теслин споменик у Силицијумској долини

 

Прикупљају се донације како би у светском епицентру иновација у новембру био подигнут споменик Николи Тесли

 

Статуа у природној величини била од бронзе и са бесплатним бежичним интернетом Фото kickstarter.com Никола Тесла у својој лабораторији Фотодокументација „Политике”

 

Амерички информатички предузетник Доријан Портер позвао је недавно све поштоваоце Николе Тесле да приложе донације за подизање споменика чувеном научнику у Силицијумској долини, светском центру ИТ технологија.

Портер је покренуо иницијативу на сајту kickstarter.com објаснивши да би статуа у природној величини била од бронзе и са бесплатним бежичним интернетом.

Његова организација „Нортерн имаџинејшен” је објавила да прилози могу да се оставе путем поменутог сајта (на којем се и иначе скупљају донације за креативне пројекте) до 2. јуна, до када треба да се прикупи 123.000 долара. Досад је више од 200 донатора оставило укупно око 25.000 долара и ако све буде по плану, споменик ће бити постављен у новембру.

Портер објашњава да је пројекат везао за Силицијумску долину седиште највећих светских информатичких компанија, попут „Епла”, „Гугла”, „Интела” и „Јахуа”, јер је Тесла био симбол иноваторског духа који данас одликује овај део Калифорније.

„Пројекат одаје признање човеку који је своју изузетност употребио на корист друштва а не зарад личног богатства. Теслин споменик може да надахне предузетнике који овде долазе из целог света да размишљају на сличан начин, посебно о темама, као што су енергија и бежични пренос информација”, написао је Портер, који живи и ради у Силицијумској долини.

Он каже да би бронзана статуа Николе Тесле стајала на приватном поседу, односно у дворишту испред зграде у власништву још једног мага високих технологија. Локални уметник је већ направио скице и отворен је за сугестије донатора око тога како споменик треба да изгледа.

Иницијатори ће примати донације од најмање једног долара док ће они који приложе више од 275 долара имати ту част да њихово, или име њихове фирме, буде исписано на каменом постољу споменика.

Портер очекује да се његовом позиву пре свих одазову научници и компаније које су лидери информационих технологија, јер је Тесла, осим областима енергије, радија и роботике дао изузетан допринос и пољу бежичног преноса информација.

„Бесплатни пренос информација и доступан приступ одрживој енергији могу да реше кључна питања сиромаштва и образовања, као и да надахну мир”, закључује Портер.

Идеја за нови пројекат долази после успешне иницијативе америчког блогера и веб-дизајнера Метјуа Инмена за куповину имања на Лонг Ајланду на којем је експериментисао Никола Тесла.

Инмен је прошле године на интернету прикупио новац за куповину Ворденклифа, који је годинама пропадао иако се на њему налази Теслина лабораторија. Ворденклиф је захваљујући Инменовој акцији од овог месеца у власништву непрофитне организације која чува сећање на Николу Теслу и која обећава да ће на овом месту обновити лабораторију и отворити центар науке.

 

Новак Ђоковић прати пројекат на „Твитеру”

 

Подаци о броју донатора и прикупљеној своти мењају се из часа у час на поменутом сајту. Предузетници из Силицијумске долине представљају своју идеју и на „Твитеру”, на профилу @teslastatue. Један од корисника ове мреже који их прати је и наш тенисер Новак Ђоковић.

Портер и активисти окупљени око њега кажу да су пријатно изненађени вешћу да њихове информације чита и први рекет света.  

 

[Sudija]

Vrhunska stvar!Trebalo bi i naša država da izdvoji bar 1000 dolara za to,jer bi u suprotnom bila sramota da se sutra na otkrivanju spomenika nađe neko iz vlade Srbije(a hoće garant) a da se ne da ni dinar.

 

Inače,jako lep spomenik Nikoli Tesli,za razliku od onog spomenika koji je na aerodromu koji je soc-minimalističko ruglo.Kad sam uživo prvi put video taj spomenik na aerodromu mislio sam da je Staljin.

[obi-wan]

Trebalo bi i naša država da izdvoji bar 1000 dolara za to

 

Nema od tog nista, brate...

 

Ми као да слабо радимо на промоцији тога да је Тесла био наш човек

 

Mi ne radimo takoreci nista, sama godisnjica je prosla bedno prazno, dok se lom sredstava trosi na takve gluposti i gluposti da je sramota i da se pomene...

[Odahviing]

Портер објашњава да је пројекат везао за Силицијумску долину седиште највећих светских информатичких компанија, попут „Епла”, „Гугла”, „Интела” и „Јахуа”, јер је Тесла био симбол иноваторског духа који данас одликује овај део Калифорније.

 

Ovo podosta tačno i Tesla i ovi su tvorci inovacija u društvu, Tesla bio ovi su sad.

 

Пројекат одаје признање човеку који је своју изузетност употребио на корист друштва а не зарад личног богатства.

 

Ali po ovome se totalno razlikuju 

[Zeebedee]

Tesla je postao super cool medju svima koji vole nauku i inovacije.

naravno mnogo je tome doprineo onaj strip iz Oatmeal; a sada i uspeh kompanije koja prozivodi auto Tesla; po Consumer report najbolje auto na svetu koje se trenutno proizvodi.

[Zeebedee]

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