Best know for his role in the "War of the Currents" with Edison (Tesla won) and for the invention of the Tesla Coil, few if any of us know of the extraordinary range of inventions of this "Genius who lit the world." His many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were based on the theories of electromagnetic technology discovered by Michael Faraday. Tesla's patents and theoretical work also formed the basis of wireless communication and the radio.
This Friday, Yuri Blanarovich, representing the Tesla Science Foundation will address the Montclair Society of Engineers on "Nikola Tesla – The Father of Radio".
Yuri Blanarovich attended of the Technical University in Kosice where he received his masters degree in automation and became an avid radio amateur. He was a Robotics Engineer for IBM where he received the Outstanding Contribution Award. He is the founder of the Tesla Radio Club and Tesla Radio Foundation.
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The Tesla Radio Foundation is restoring the AT&T Long Lines Shortwave Radio Station in Ocean Gate New Jersey for use by amateur radio and as a museum. (www.TeslaRadio.org).
Meetings of the Montclair Society of Engineers are free and open to members and non members alike.
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Time: 8:00 PM, Friday, Feb17, Coffee and Dessert at 7:30
Place Union Congregational Church,, 176 Cooper Ave, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
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The Montclair Society of Engineers is an active organization of men and women engaged in all disciplines of the engineering and scientific professions. The society was founded in 1924 to promote friendly associations among engineers, to contribute professional knowledge and experience to the solution of community problems, and to assist students in the study of engineering and allied science
