Tesla is famous for inventing the induction motor and AC (Alternating Current) mode of power transmission.
Teslasociety.com also says "As early as 1892, Nikola Tesla created a basic design for radio. On November 8, 1898 he patented a radio controlled robot-boat. Tesla used this boat which was controlled by radio waves in the Electrical Exhibition in 1898, Madison Square Garden."
But, of more interest is some of his bizarre behaviors according to Sprott.physics.wisc.edu. These included: "Columbiphilia (pigeon-love), kakiphobia (fear of dirt), scotophilia (love of the dark), pathophobia (fear of germs), spherophobia (fear of round objects), triphilia (obsession with the number 3), and visual and auditory hallucinations."
