It's Electric!

I was reading Seed Magazine's "Daily Zeitgeist" today, and stumbled upon this nifty article on Nikola Tesla and his quest for wirelessly powering the world. Now I'm sure many of you have often wanted to rid the area behind your entertainment system and computer areas of the Gordian knot of power cords, but Tesla was seeking to rid the whole world of power lines and phone lines. Everything wireless powered and transmitted. 

Unfortunately this dream of his never came to fruition, due to lack of funds and manpower, but one can't help but wonder what the world would be like now if the Information Age had begun at the turn of the 19th century. Perhaps like this:

Oh, and here's David Bowie with a horrible accent, playing Nicola Tesla in The Prestige: 

Enjoy!