Images credit Clean Break Tyler Hamilton has been writing about green tech for the Toronto Star for six years, and is a regular source of stories on TreeHugger. Hamilton first became fascinated with Nikola Tesla while writing a story about Marconi, the so-called "Father of Radio." Except he wasn't; Tesla was, beating Marconi by 5 years. In fact the list of Tesla's accomplishments is lengthy and impressive, but he was his own worst enemy when it came to his work, and was considered by many to be crazy. He spent his last years with his only friend, a pigeon....Read the full story on TreeHugger