A brief overview about Nikola Tesla which aired on the Higher Education Channel. Sky Fabin produced this in 1985. Examine the remarkable career of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), one of the world’s greatest inventors, with over 1,000 patents registered in his name. He was almost singlehandedly responsible for ushering in the electrical age by giving the world alternating current, fluorescent, neon and strobe lighting, robotics, artificial intelligence, poly-phase motors, radio, television, laser beams, the particle beam and helicopters.