Nikola Tesla is a genius Serb who can be compared without any exaggeration to Leonardo da Vinci himself. Much of what surrounds us today, Tesla either invented or predicted a hundred years ago!
As early as 1926, Collier's magazine published an interview with inventor Nikola Tesla, the content of which was shocking at the time. In it, the famous scientist made unbelievable for his time predictions about the future, especially in the 21st century. Over the years, he has made predictions, many of which have come true.
He argued, for example, that in the future there will be a completely different order in which women will play the dominant role. Humanity will begin to communicate with each other thanks to simple portable devices. The planes will be unmanned and not only.
Here is a compilation of ten amazing predictions by Nikola Tesla that have turned out to be true:
1. Wireless Connections - If industrialist John Morgan had not been stingy in supporting Tesla's development, a Serbian scientist could have invented the Internet - at least he claimed that the Wardenclyffe tower could wirelessly transmit voice, text, and images to anywhere in the world. He argued that the images had already been transmitted by wire (telegraph) over short distances, but in the future wireless transmission would make the distance unlimited.
2. Drones / RC Vehicles - A boat without oars that glides by itself on the water - this was the sight of those who watched the Tesla Demonstration Experiment in 1898. Using his invented remote control, batteries, and switches, the shore engineer turned the rudder of the boat, activated the propeller, and turned on the sidelights on the deck, which looked amazing at the time.
In fact, Tesla unveiled the world's first real robot prototype 22 years before Czech writer Karel Capek came up with the very definition of such a technique, and in the modern world, it has taken a strong place and continues to develop.
3. Automated Workforce - As early as the 1930s, technology advanced so much that ordinary human activities were performed by an automated workforce. In 1935, Nikola Tesla predicted that robots and machines would almost completely replace human labor.
While this has not yet happened, it is more than clear that machines are already replacing human hands in many industries, and experts often point to this as one of the biggest challenges of the future as many people lose their jobs due to technology.
4. Cheap renewable energy - Nikola Tesla believed that the whole world is filled with an infinite amount of energy that, with the right level of technical equipment, can be used for free, anytime, and anywhere. He also believed that we could use water to generate cheap renewable energy that would replace expensive conventional sources. He even wanted to give people free energy, which his financiers didn't really like.
5. Mobile phones/smartphones - Nikola Tesla predicted that there will be small wireless devices in the world that will combine various technologies and wireless connections. Although he did not explicitly pronounce the words "mobile phone" or "smartphone", the same is his description from 1926.
He described a device that would allow us to see and hear each other as if we were talking face to face and would be small enough to be carried in a pocket.
6. Autonomous cars - In 1898, Nikola Tesla proposed building a car wagon that could independently perform various operations. Another 100 years passed before it became a reality, but now the company of the same name (Tesla) has proved that it is the technology of the future.
7. Increase in the importance of environmental protection - One of Tesla's most important forecasts is the increase in environmental protection, that is, global efforts will increase. Back in 1935, he assumed that it would happen by 2035, but it happened much earlier - the US Environmental Protection Agency was established 35 years later, in 1970.
8. Women's Empowerment - Tesla predicted that women will play a dominant role in the future. He suggested that women receive an education equal to that of men and take up leadership positions in society.
9. Science will become more important to society - In his day, politics and war were the dominant themes in society. One of Nikola Tesla's predictions was that in the future, the newspapers would focus more on science than politics, and the public would be much more interested in the latest discoveries than in wars. While politics continues to make the headlines, news, and social media, people are generally more interested in science.
10. Wireless Messaging - Tesla predicted that printed newspapers would be replaced and news would be delivered wirelessly. He predicted that everything would be available to people in the house on a daily basis.
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