http://www.treehugger.com/cars/not-dream-non-official-tesla-ad-crosses-mad-max-and-1984-nikola-tesla-narration-video.html#14539338227561&action=collapse_widget&id=0&data= Non-official Tesla ad crosses 'Mad Max' and '1984,' with Nikola Tesla narration (video) January 27, 2016 Michael Graham Richard
[video https://vimeo.com/152927644 Tesla “Not A Dream” Freise Brothers January 24, 2016 images http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2016/01/not-a-dream-tesla-video-freise-brothers1.jpg.662x0_q70_crop-scale.jpg Screen capture Vimeo http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2016/01/Tesla_Broadcast_Tower_1904.jpeg Nikola Tesla Wardenclyffe tower / Public Domain ] Not a Dream It is rare to see talented filmmakers donate their talent and time to make ads for products without any compensation, but the Californian electric car maker Tesla Motors seems to bring out that kind of passion from its supporters. Twin brothers Adam and Nathan Freise fall into that category. They like to make films to feed their passion "for design & fiction, & for fusing the real with the unreal", and this is exactly what they've done in their new short featuring two Teslas: The electric Model S, obviously, but also the original... The narration, which is a bit surreal at times, comes directly from a speech by Nikola Tesla, the genius physicist who inspired Tesla Motors' name. He talks about the Wardenclyffe tower project in Shoreham, Long Island, which was supposed to beam electricity wirelessly... But alas, he was never able to finish the project. Here's what the Wardenclyffe tower looks like (look closely and you'll see it in the video): The main part of the narration was pulled from a speech the physicist wrote about his Wardenclyffe tower project. Tesla hoped to turn the tower into a wireless power transmission system, but he was never able to finish the project. If you look closely enough, you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of the tower in the video. The video is titled 'Not a Dream', and the description only reads: "A surreal land of oil & gas is visited by an unlikely yet welcomed stranger." ... Here is the transcript of the part of Nikola Tesla's speech that is in the video: It is not a dream It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering Electric power can drive the worlds machinery without the need of coal, oil, or gas Although perhaps humanity is not yet sufficiently advanced to be willingly led by the inventors keen searching sense Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea be hampered in its adolescence All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combatted, suppressed, only to emerge all the more triumphantly from the struggle. … Our duty is to lay the foundation for those that are to come, and to point the way Yes, humanity will advance with giant strides We are whirling through endless space at an inconceivable speed All around everything is spinning; everything is moving; Everywhere, there is energy! [© treehugger.com] ... http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/quotes.htm Ideas & Opinions of Nikola Tesla ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower Wardenclyffe Tower For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Unofficial-Mad-Max-1984-Tesla-ad-with-Nikola-quotes-v-tp4680125.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
