New Tesla Museum

Tesla died poor and alone in 1943, revered by few, in a hotel room in Manhattan. He deserved better then, and still does. This is a fine moment for Long Island, for fans of science, and for the enthusiasts who never lost hope they might find a permanent way to memorialize Nikola Tesla and celebrate his visionary work and extraordinary mind. It's also a triumph for the many people who know little of Tesla but may learn of him through a museum in Shoreham, and might have their own scientific curiosity kindled by his story. A group known as the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, formerly known as Friends of Science East, purchased 16 acres on eastern Long Island to create a Tesla museum and science center. Matt Inman, creator of the Web cartoon The Oatmeal, encouraged his readers to contribute to the non-profit's purchase, calling its goal, "a simple feat… only expensive. Newspapers publicized the effort to commemorate Tesla led by fans on Long Island, which led Matthew Inman, an Internet cartoonist who runs the blog The Oatmeal, to get involved. Inman's aptly named campaign, "Operation Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum" caught fire, and another site, Indiegogo.com, also threw its weight behind the campaign.

The two websites, along with a core group of Long Island supporters, reportedly raised about $1.4 million, enough to strike a deal with Agfa, which had listed the property at $1.6 million. Tesla is renowned for his pioneering with AC electrical current, as well as far-reaching and momentous discoveries in radio, engineering, theoretical physics and sound transmission. Perhaps most astonishingly, he envisioned the AND gate, a crucial piece of computer technology, decades before anyone else knew how to build a computer, or even started trying. His renown has, if anything, increased due to his legendary idiosyncrasies.
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