POSTED to EE&T ALUMNI

31 AUGUST 2024

Sections: Father's Day -- Figures -- Maxwell -- Edison -- Tesla – Edison vs Tesla - Comments Anyone?

If you're now racing around like photon in a fibre-optic cable, this worn-out old Dad joke may help you change gears in the lap.

“A photon checks into a hotel when the bellhop asks, ‘Would you like help with your luggage?’ The photon replies, “I don’t have any. I always travel light.”

== FATHER FIGURES ==

To recognise and appreciate the Dads that are New, Seasoned or Father Figures, here are three that should be familiar from the High School or ElecEng days.

You may like to follow-up these Wiki or YT links out of curiosity. I've recently found & watched them. I have no financial affiliation with the channels or their products.

== JAMES CLERK MAXWELL ==

Alive: 1831 - 1879

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell YT Title: James Clerk Maxwell - A Sense of Wonder - Documentary Duration: 27m37

Link: https://youtu.be/ANIkxDm8bF4

Narrator has a Scottish accent.

Maxwell: "What's the go of that?"

== THOMAS ALVA EDISON ==

Alive: 1847 - 1931

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison YT Title: Thomas Edison: America's Greatest Inventor | Biography Documentary Duration: 30m26

Link: https://youtu.be/Zg113IsZ7qk

== NIKOLA TESLA ==

Alive: 1856 - 1943

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla YT Title: The Real Story of Nikola Tesla | Best Nikola Tesla Documentary Duration: 16m22

Link: https://youtu.be/Ok8JDXSYw1U

Exhibition Page: https://tesla-museum.org/en/category/exhibitions/

Museum Page: https://tesla-museum.org/en/home/

Visit to Australia at UNSW in Aug 2017: https://tesla-museum.org/en/?s=australia&id=1620

Page Summary: https://tesla-museum.org/en/exhibitions/visit-to-australia/

== EDISON vs TESLA ==

YT Title: The Rift Between Tesla and Edison - AC vs. DC - One Minute History Duration: 0m59

Link: https://youtu.be/wigXYgnaCfI

== COMMENTS ANYONE? ==

Feel free to interact. My curiosity about this technological surge from the 1850's started in my High School days of the early 1970's.

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