Inventor Nikola Tesla was born in July of 1856, in what is now Croatia. He came to the United States in 1884 and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways. He sold several patent rights, including those to his alternating-current machinery, to George Westinghouse. His 1891 invention, the “Tesla coil,” is still used in radio technology today. Tesla died in New York City on January 7, 1943 (Bio.com).
Tesla after working with Thomas Edison, found himself looking in AC (Alternating Current) Energy in the year 1887 at his company Tesla Electric Company. A year later, Tesla was successful and had created several different patents for his AC. He was in competition against Thomas Edison’s DC ( Direct Current) Which was set as the Nations standard electric for the time being. Until George Westinghouse got attracted to Teslas idea. Westinghouse was an engineer that was looking for a way to supply more energy to the country. Westinghouse and Tesla knocked out Edison’s DC power supply and AC became the power standard after the two were able to make several more patents including Tesla’s, Tesla Coil.
It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current high frequency alternating-current electricity. His coil is still used today to put out radio waves (Wikipedia).
“Nikola Tesla.” Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.