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DESCRIPTION:Recently in 2021 and 2022\, as part of an innovative and fresh 
 approach\, i.e. a non-traditional meeting event: we presented video docume
 ntaries. This was very warmly received. So we decided to continue the good
  work.\n\nWe proudly present the Documentary: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: &quot;TESLA:
  Visionary or Madman?&quot;\n\nSummary: Meet Nikola Tesla\, the genius engineer
  and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age 
 of the 20th century. Regarded by many historians as an eccentric genius\, 
 Tesla gained international fame for his invention of a system of alternati
 ng current that made possible the distribution of electricity over vast di
 stances and is the basis for the electrical grid that powers 21st century 
 life. But the visionary Tesla imagined much more — robots\, radio\, rada
 r\, remote control\, the wireless transmission of messages and pictures\, 
 and harnessing the wind and sun to provide free energy to all. A showman\,
  he dazzled his scientific peers who flocked to see him demonstrate his in
 ventions and send thousands of volts of electricity pulsing through his bo
 dy. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius
  but also his downfall\, as the image of Tesla as a “mad scientist” ca
 me to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator. Even before his 
 death in 1943\, he was largely forgotten\, his name obscured by Thomas Edi
 son — his hero\, one-time employer\, and rival. But it is his exhilarati
 ng sense of the future that has inspired renewed interest in the man\, as 
 his once scoffed-at vision of a world connected by wireless technology has
  become a reality.\n\nWEBEX client will be needed. Link will be sent 1 hou
 r before\n\nAFTER the movie - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE
 : You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-) Trivia may also follo
 w\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too\n\nCo-sponsored by: Subramaniam Ganesa
 n\n\nAgenda: \n6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Business update\;\n6:
 05 PM - Documentary Start\;\n7:00 PM - End of Documentary\; Start of Q &amp; A
 \; Group Discussion\n7:15 PM - Wrap Up\n(ALL times are shown in EST/EDT!)\
 n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423226
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423226
ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:63
SUMMARY:Nikola Tesla: Documentary
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423226
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently in 2021 and 2022\, as part of an 
 innovative and fresh approach\, i.e. a non-traditional meeting event: we p
 resented video documentaries. This was very warmly received. So we decided
  to continue the good work.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We proudly present the &lt;strong&gt;Documen
 tary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: &quot;TESLA: Visionary or 
 Madman?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;
 em&gt;Meet Nikola Tesla\, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose tec
 hnology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Regarded by
  many historians as an eccentric genius\, Tesla gained international fame 
 for his invention of a system of alternating current that made possible th
 e distribution of electricity over vast distances and is the basis for the
  electrical grid that powers 21st century life. But the visionary Tesla im
 agined much more &amp;mdash\; robots\, radio\, radar\, remote control\, the wi
 reless transmission of messages and pictures\, and harnessing the wind and
  sun to provide free energy to all. A showman\, he dazzled his scientific 
 peers who flocked to see him demonstrate his inventions and send thousands
  of volts of electricity pulsing through his body. His fertile but undisci
 plined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall\, as
  the image of Tesla as a &amp;ldquo\;mad scientist&amp;rdquo\; came to overshadow 
 his reputation as a brilliant innovator. Even before his death in 1943\, h
 e was largely forgotten\, his name obscured by Thomas Edison &amp;mdash\; his 
 hero\, one-time employer\, and rival. But it is his exhilarating sense of 
 the future that has inspired renewed interest in the man\, as his once sco
 ffed-at vision of a world connected by wireless technology has become a re
 ality.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;WEBEX clien
 t will be needed. Link will be sent 1 hour before&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;color: #800000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AFTER the movie - we can have a brief discus
 sion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-)&lt;/st
 rong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;color: rgb(128\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;Trivia may also fol
 low\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br 
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 ze: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Business update\; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/
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 pan&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;
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 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &#39;courier new&#39;\, courier\, mono
 space\; background-color: rgb(191\, 237\, 210)\;&quot;&gt;(ALL times are shown in 
 &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;EST/EDT&lt;/span&gt;!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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