Forgotten Wizard

Web Guy Nick
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Technology
  • Weekly

AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com. Tesla AI, Tesla bots, and everything Nikola Tesla. Fun and educational, hosted by Merlin (a wise old wizard) and Coil (a young nerd). New episodes weekly. More at forgottenwizard.com.

Episodes

  1. 18h ago

    Ep 6: The Robot You Cannot Buy Yet — Optimus Rumors, Snowy Cybercabs, and Tesla Takes Shanghai

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com. Ep 6: The Robot You Cannot Buy Yet — Optimus Rumors, Snowy Cybercabs, and Tesla Takes Shanghai Merlin and Coil sort a fast rumor from a one-word answer: the San Francisco Standard reported Optimus reservations could open in early December, and Elon Musk replied "No." As of November 4 there is no Optimus order page, price, or deposit, and deliveries to outside companies are expected around the end of 2027, industrial first. Plus: about two dozen Cybercabs testing around Metro Detroit with temporary steering wheels and test drivers, Fort Worth joining the Robotaxi service, the production Cybercab and gold Optimus drawing crowds at Shanghai's import expo (a static showcase, not a China launch), the Cybercab's 12-stop European display tour, and the Netherlands approving the Tesla Assisted Driving name with a 10 percent speed offset cap ahead of a possible Europe-wide vote in December. Sources:Tesla Optimus explained, IoT News (updated Nov 4, 2026): https://internetofthingsnews.com/robotics/tesla-optimus-explained/Tesla tests about two dozen Cybercabs on Detroit roads, EVXL / The Detroit News (Nov 3, 2026): https://evxl.co/2026/11/03/tesla-tests-two-dozen-cybercabs-detroit-roads/Tesla Cybercab and Optimus at China's CIIE Import Expo in Shanghai, NotATeslaKiller (Nov 5, 2026): https://www.notateslakiller.com/en/tesla-cybercab-optimus-ciie-shanghai-import-expo-china/Tesla debuts Cybercab in multiple European cities, Car-Revs-Daily (Nov 3, 2026): https://www.car-revs-daily.com/2026/11/03/tesla-debuts-cybercab-in-multiple-european-cities-on-november-5/Tesla FSD: RDW approves a +10% speed offset cap, Tesla Mag (Nov 3, 2026): https://www.tesla-mag.com/en/tesla-fsd-netherlands-rdw-speed-offset-10-percent/ A Forgotten Wizard show. forgottenwizard.com

    Ep 6: The Robot You Cannot Buy Yet — Optimus Rumors, Snowy Cybercabs, and Tesla Takes Shanghai

  2. Oct 30

    Ep 5: Wardenclyffe — The Tower That Wanted to Power the World

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com.Merlin and Coil tell the true story of Wardenclyffe Tower at Shoreham, Long Island: J.P. Morgan's backing in 1901 for transatlantic wireless communication, Tesla's scale-up to add wireless power, Morgan's refusal to fund more, Marconi's cheaper rival system, the 187-foot tower with its 68-foot, 55-ton cupola designed with Stanford White, and a World Wireless System that never became operational. Plus an honest legends check on the free energy and government-demolition myths, the tower's demolition for scrap in 1917, and how the surviving laboratory became the Tesla Science Center, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.Sources: Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe and World Wireless System histories on Wikipedia, Tesla Science Center, and AAP FactCheck on the free energy meme. Full links are in the show notes at forgottenwizard.com.A Forgotten Wizard show. forgottenwizard.com

    Ep 5: Wardenclyffe — The Tower That Wanted to Power the World

  3. Oct 23

    Ep 4: Optimus Leaves the Lab — Production Begins, Robotaxis Hit 3.1 Million Miles

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com. Ep 4: Tesla Q3 2026 update — Optimus production begins in Fremont, first production-quality bots, 400 MW of AI compute planned, Robotaxi Safety Report with 3.1 million driverless miles and zero injuries, next cities Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio, Cybercab to Dallas, and profit down 43 percent as R&D jumped 69 percent. Sources: TechCrunch, Electrek, Tesla News Wire, Tesla North, Not a Tesla App (October 21, 2026 coverage of Tesla's Q3 2026 update). More at forgottenwizard.com

    Ep 4: Optimus Leaves the Lab — Production Begins, Robotaxis Hit 3.1 Million Miles

  4. Oct 16

    The Summer Tesla Made Lightning in Colorado Springs

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com.In the summer of 1899, Nikola Tesla set up his experimental station in Colorado Springs to chase his dream of wireless power, unleashing artificial lightning bolts over a hundred feet long from his magnifying transmitter. His high-voltage experiments lit lamps from miles away and pushed electrical science to its absolute limit, at one point overloading the local power station's generator. Merlin and Coil dig into what Tesla was really trying to prove in the mountains that summer.

    The Summer Tesla Made Lightning in Colorado Springs

  5. Oct 11

    Ep 2: The Bots Multiply: Optimus Ramps Up and the Cybercab Invades Texas

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com.Merlin and Coil are back. Tesla turns robot building into robot manufacturing as Optimus ramps up, the Cybercab robotaxi invades Texas, and a new patent shows off the robot hand of the future. More at forgottenwizard.com.

    Ep 2: The Bots Multiply: Optimus Ramps Up and the Cybercab Invades Texas

  6. Oct 8

    Ep 1: The Wizard Who Invented Tomorrow

    AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com.Merlin and Coil introduce Nikola Tesla: the lightning-storm birth, the War of Currents with Edison, the Tesla coil, wireless dreams, and how his inventions power today's robots and AI. Fun and educational. More at forgottenwizard.com.

  • 6 Episodes

About

AI disclosure: Forgotten Wizard is produced with AI. Merlin and Coil are AI hosts. Stories are researched from public sources and linked in the show notes. More at forgottenwizard.com. Tesla AI, Tesla bots, and everything Nikola Tesla. Fun and educational, hosted by Merlin (a wise old wizard) and Coil (a young nerd). New episodes weekly. More at forgottenwizard.com.

Information

  • Creator
    Web Guy Nick
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Web Guy Nick
  • Show Website
    Forgotten Wizard