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The Oatmeal's Fundraiser Tops $1M Toward Tesla Museum

Posted by timothy on from the how-many-cars-will-fit? dept.

The Oatmeal's call to raise funds for a museum celebrating Nikola Tesla seems to have electrified enough people. From Digital Trends: "The Oatmeal has raised over $1 million on IndieGoGo in an effort to secure Wardenclyffe, the site of Tesla's final laboratory, to build a museum dedicated to Tesla. ... [Oatmeal founder and artist Matthew] Inman’s original goal of $850,000 would buy just half of the cost of the property, but the state of New York has agreed to match contributions, bringing total funds up to $1.7 million. Raising the capital to build a museum from the property will be another cost, but from the looks of it, with 36 days left and having already surpassed the $1 million mark, there should be funds to spare."

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  1. Very underestimated scientist by Jerry+Smith · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If only he had gotten as much attention as the media now tend to spend on famous trash, the world would be a much better place.

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    All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
  2. Audience by vlm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I superficially glanced at this but couldn't figure out if the museum audience is supposed to be:
    1) 10 years old
    2) -or- electrical engineers and fellow travelers
    3) -or- homeopathic crystal therapy conspiracy theory vampire worshipers

    Its pretty hard to appeal equally to all 3, so I'm curious which audience the museum is aimed at.

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    "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
    1. Re:Audience by DerekLyons · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It should be noted those you might consider "Tesla nutters" really have nothing to do with the foundation setting up the museum other than donating money. The actual foundation board consists of among others physicists and a retired teacher/librarian.

      Being a physicist or a retired teacher/librarian is in no way inconsistent with being a "Tesla nutter".

  3. Re:Excellent! This is worthwhile. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They should build a Maker Center there, it could support it self in no time.

    Education and invention.