Cold Light from Tesla

Nikola Tesla develops wireless electricity he called "cold light". Premieres 10/18 on PBS.

Nikola Tesla had begun experimenting with wireless electricity, developing something he called "cold light," in which a glass bulb with gasses in it lights up when it is near ambient electricity.

AIR DATE 10/18/16

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About Tesla: American Experience

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla’s vision that paved the way for today’s wireless world.

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