Tesla’s vision of internet

An exhibition named “Tesla’s vision of internet” is being held in “O3one” gallery in Belgrade from July 9th till 13th of the same month, in honor of the 10th of July, the birthday of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest minds of the XX century.

In 1900. Nikola Tesla has created a project called “World system”. In it’s 12 items, using technical phrases of the time, he described what we know today as wireless interet, mobile telephony and GPS.

In 1908. he described it in more detail in “Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony” magazine, in the article named “The Future of the Wireless Art”.

Some mobile phone companies have, in the past couple of years, used Tesla’s prediction of the future of communications given to “The New York Times” in 1909. and also published by “Popular Mechanics” magazine in the article named “Wireless of the future”, as his vision of smartphones.

Nonetheless, when everything Tesla said and wrote in the beginning of the XX century is taken more comprehensively, it can be concluded that his words speak more about the present day technology that unites all the aspects of communication and transfer of information – internet, regardless of any specific device that makes it happen.

The idea of “Tesla’s vision of internet” exhibition is to show the ways in which all the things Tesla mentioned are available to the modern internet user – whether using a computer or a mobile phone.

The author of “Tesla’s vision of internet” is Lazar Bošković, a multimedial author from Belgrade, and the project is so far consisted of the exhibition and corresponding web site. Design of tzhe exhibition is the work of Dušana Vojnova from “Orange” studio.

“Tesla’s vision of internet” exhibition is opening on July 9th, 8pm, in “O3one” gallery in Belgrade. Its organizers are Register of National Internet Domain Names of Serbia (RNIDS) and Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

Photo: www.teslinavizijainterneta.rs