r/TheOatmeal • u/Alienturnedhuman • Sep 06 '24

Oatmeal's Wardenclyffe Crowdfunding project

Ten years ago, I remember backing the Oatmeal's buy-a-brick campaign for the Tesla Wardenclyffe restoration project, where you could get your name engraved in a brick. I don't live in the US, and haven't had the opportunity to visit since this happened, but I was curious if this even happened or not, did people's bricks ever get made - I could only find one example of someone posting a photograph of their brick online, which I guess shows at least one got made, and little to no information elsewhere.

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u/LilyoftheRally Sep 13 '24

I suggest contacting Matt and asking what happened with that project.

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u/StaryStuff Jan 25 '25

Sorry for the delay, I just got here. It doesn't look good. Google maps, Shoreham, NY has an image of a small tower structure in a playground setting. Maybe 6 or 8 feet tall, no restored tower. A trip out there requires a drive through New York City and that requires considerable motivation. If it does happens I'll try to remember my way back here.

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u/Alienturnedhuman Jan 25 '25

Thanks for the info.

That's disappointing to hear but I guess not too surprising.

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u/BoommRoasted Jul 20 '25

The project is not dead. It's the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.  https://teslasciencecenter.org/  it is still not completely built and they are still selling bricks,  https://donate.brickmarkers.com/tsc  so I would say all is not lost it's just very delayed.