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Electric City

Published on Nov 25, 2015

Electric-city is the power of ideas and new innovations.

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Electric City

The power of ideas
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"Genius: 1% Inspiration,

99% PERSPIRATION" - THOMAS EDISON

Benjamin Franklin

1750: He Took the World by storm
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Innovative Ideas

  • Telegraph - transmitting messages
  • Telephones - sending sound signals
  • Wireless - without wires binary code 
  • Radio - transmitting wave frequency
  • Computers - interconnected devices

Power trust

  • Thomas Edison: Electric Illuminating
  • Direct Current: 59 Manhattan homes
  • George Westinghouse - Air Brakes
  • Alternating Current - Radio Waves
  • War of Currents - Power Promoters
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1882: CON EDison

2007: War of currents ends
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Blackout

August 14th, 2003

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