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"Comic website The Oatmeal is on a mission to save the Tesla Tower.\nMatthew Inman, the site's creator, has launched a fundraiser called \"Operation Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum.\" The goal? To convert Wardenclyffe, Nikola Tesla's laboratory located in Shoreham, NY, into a museum and science center honoring the Serbian-American inventor. The tower was designed to transmit free wireless energy to the world, but Tesla lost funding before the project was completed.\nWardenclyffe was demolished in 1917, but the land, laboratory and foundation beneath it still exist. Recently, the property went up for sale, and the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, a local nonprofit group, is trying to raise funds to buy the $1.6 million property.\nNew York State has offered to match any funds raised by the nonprofit up to $850,000. Inman says he aims to collect $850,000 \u2014 putting the total raised at $1.7 million. The campaign is run through crowdfunding site, Indiegogo, and so far has reached more than $270,000, with 45 days left to donate.\nAlthough $1.7 million won't cover the cost of building the museum and science center, the funds are enough to place ownership of the tower \"into the right hands,\" Inman says.\nThe Oatmeal creator also raised more than $220,000 \u2014 well over his goal of $20,000 \u2014 for the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society in a campaign dubbed, \"BearLove Good. Cancer Bad.\" The campaign was a response to a letter from content aggregator website FunnyJunk.com, which threatened Inman with a federal lawsuit unless he paid them $20,000 in damages.\nInman has previously shown admiration for Tesla, long considered an unsung genius and pioneer of electrical energy, in his comic, \"Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived.\"\nWhat do you think of the campaign? Will you donate? Tell us in the comments below."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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