Fab Posted August 18, 2012 Report Posted August 18, 2012 Hi LAVA friends, You probably already heard about this... if you are Tesla fans, there is a crowd fundraiser organized by the oatmeal to build a Tesla museum. I am sure there is more than one Tesla fan in LAVA... so here: http://www.indiegogo.com/teslamuseum?c=home Fab Quote
jcarmody Posted August 18, 2012 Report Posted August 18, 2012 Who is John Galt? Nikola Tesla is John Galt! from http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla Quote
asbo Posted August 20, 2012 Report Posted August 20, 2012 41 days remaining and they're already at 86%? We're building a goddamn Tesla museum. Quote
Yair Posted August 24, 2012 Report Posted August 24, 2012 41 days remaining and they're already at 86%? We're building a goddamn Tesla museum. If memory serves, the target is only half the amount needed to outbid another party for the land (with the other half matched by someone else, probably the state). You would probably need considerably more money to build an actual museum (not to mention that others may try to do their own outbidding). Quote
asbo Posted August 24, 2012 Report Posted August 24, 2012 If memory serves, the target is only half the amount needed to outbid another party for the land (with the other half matched by someone else, probably the state). You would probably need considerably more money to build an actual museum (not to mention that others may try to do their own outbidding). You're correct, but the State of New York offered a matching granted of up to $850k. Now that the goal has been met, there's a minimum of $1.7mil available for purchasing, but my point was that with so much time left it's not too far from reasonable that a significant amount of donations continue to come in. Edit: At the time of posting, they're at $1,049,922, plus the matching $850k, for a total of $1,899,922 with 37 days left. Incredible. Quote
crelf Posted August 30, 2012 Report Posted August 30, 2012 I've bought my t-shirt and I'll wear it next year at NIWeek - I'd love it if others joined me! 1 Quote
Fab Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Posted August 31, 2012 I had already gotten my bumper sticker. Quote
asbo Posted August 31, 2012 Report Posted August 31, 2012 I'm in for one of the most expensive t-shirts I've ever bought. Quote
jcarmody Posted May 21, 2013 Report Posted May 21, 2013 It has been saved. http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_saved They'll need more money, though... Quote
Fab Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Posted May 28, 2013 Still waiting for my goddamn tshirt... They sent an e-mail update a couple of weeks ago that they were having problems with some people moving or changing their address. If you didn't get it, let me know and I can send you the e-mail where to ask for an update. Sorry you haven't gotten it. I hope you get it on time for NI-Week Quote
Cat Posted May 28, 2013 Report Posted May 28, 2013 Still waiting for my goddamn tshirt... Hmm. I got mine a few weeks ago... Quote
Fab Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Posted May 14, 2014 In case you guys were still wondering what happened to our Tesla Museum... here are some news on the matter: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/14/electric-cruisebeast-creator-elon-musk-tells-the-oatmeal-hes-happy-to-help-fund-tesla-museum/?ncid=rss Enjoy, Fab 1 Quote
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