The Wall Street Journal recently (14/01/2010) featured Nikola Tesla as a “scientist and inventor who achieved fame and fortune in the 1880s” and now, more than 60 years after he died penniless at the New Yorker Hotel has “gone into mainstream pop glory”. This is true, but maybe there is more than that. Tesla is much more than a pop icon; this is true for David Bowie, who played Nikola Tesla in “The Prestige” (directed by Christopher Nolan). For Tesla, the picture must be painted in a bigger frame. Tesla envisioned the modern world and he always connected technology with ethical issues. This point was neglected during the last, the 2oth century. Now it is time to live this connection, or else …
Tesla is hip
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