Famed inventor Nikola Tesla, for example, was among those who dreamed of capturing and using electricity from the air.
Along with Nikola Tesla (look him up), Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) is the patron saint of mistreated and underrated scientists - and possibly the most important woman in scientific history.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla proposed using huge coils to transmit electricity through the troposphere to power homes.
