Crowdfund a goddamn Nikola Tesla museum!

If there ’s one crowdfunding projection you should count into this week , it ’s Matthew Inman of the webcomicThe Oatmeal‘s seeking to assist a non - profitpurchase the attribute on which Nikola Tesla ’s Wardenclyffe Tower stoodso that it can finally house a Tesla museum . Plus , you might consider fundinga docudrama about the life of Tesla .

First , a piffling scope on this project . Earlier this twelvemonth , Inman was involved in an Internet kerfuffle with the ikon hosting internet site FunnyJunk and , to a great extent , FunnyJunk ’s attorney Charles Carreon . essentially , FunnyJunk had hosted several comics from The Oatmeal ( which had been upload by exploiter ) , and Inman had post about it on its web log . Several month after the office was seemingly resolved , Carreon , on behalf of FunnyJunk , sent Inmana flaky Cease and Desist letterdemanding that Inman remove the web log post . He also threatened to sue Inman for harm to FunnyJunk ’s trademark unless Inman sent Carreon a check for $ 20,000 .

Incensed , Inman decided rather to set up a charitable fundraiser on IndieGoGo , titled“BearLove effective . Cancer Bad . ”His finish was to prove $ 20,000 , photograph it , ship the pic to Carreon with a rather crudely drawn photo of a charwoman in love with a bear , and then donate half the money to the National Wildlife Federation and the other one-half to the American Cancer Society . The fundraiser end up raise more than $ 220,000 , in part because Carreon continue threaten to process Inman and the charities in person , operate the righteous ire of the Internet , include folks who do n’t particularly care for Inman ’s comedian . ( Carreon did end up filing suit in California , but he quickly dropped it . )

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Inman has decided to stay on this charitable running , next deciding to recruit funds for something near and dear to his nitty-gritty : Nikola Tesla . fairly recently , Inman posted a piece,“Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived,”to which Forbes posted a rebuttal,“Nikola Tesla Was n’t God And Thomas Edison Was n’t The Devil,”and Inman posteda rebuttal to the rebutter . Anyway , Inman is now regard with a nonprofit that desire to buy the Wardenclyffe Tower prop , situation of Tesla ’s last laboratory . The drive is called,“Let ’s Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum . ”

There are various picture / bumper sticker / t - shirt / tote pocketbook reward at various toast grade , but I imagine that most ethnic music will be donate out of their love of science and history . lead over toIndieGoGoto donate or toThe Oatmeal blogto read more about the task .

If that ’s not enough Tesla crowdfunding for your wallet , there ’s another Tesla - themed military campaign run . presently , a squad of filmmakers is working on a television docudrama , electrical energy : The Story and Life of Nikola Tesla , which will explore his life-time and relationships . They ’re looking for funds to land up the film on Kickstarter . For a $ 10 pledge , you ’ll experience a glow - in - the - dark Tesla form ; for a $ 25 pledge , you ’ll receive a t - shirt and bumper sticker ; for a $ 30 assurance , you ’ll pick up a pre - screening download of the movie .

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