Directly his work
Polyphase alternating current, the induction motor, the Tesla coil and resonant transformers, tuned circuits in radio, and radio remote control.
Aftermath
Tesla’s Legacy
What came directly from his work, what grew out of it later, and what was simply named after him.
Developed later, building on him
Modern radio and broadcasting, resonant wireless charging, fluorescent lighting, robotics and autonomous systems, and radar were engineered later, by many hands, on ideas he contributed to rather than completed.
Merely named after him
The tesla, the SI unit of magnetic flux density adopted in 1960; the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade; Belgrade’s airport; and the car company founded in 2003, which has no historical connection to him.