By the time he died, the world-famed engineer had learnt to communicate in eight languages, held 300 patents and had an eidetic memory. His name was appropriated for the red-hot car and energy storage company created by entrepreneur Elon Musk. Google co-founder, Larry Page has quoted him as an inspiration. It looks like Tesla had anticipated the creation of the smartphone in an interview with John B. Kennedy in 1926. Recently, the farsighted quote from nearly a century ago was released in the bigthink blog. During the interview, Tesla also made other modern remarks, and had anticipated that men would end up lesser in importance than women. In the last century, Tesla was also known for his modern comments. This kind of foresighted vision is very much in demand today. Source: Business Insider
