The asking price is $ 1.6 million , and Inman 's goal of $ 850,000 would be matched by a New York state grant for the same amount , raising a total of $ 1.7 million . Backers have launched a campaign to create a memorial for inventor Nikola ##us . Edison , ` ` the father of the electric age , '' had a laboratory in New York before it broke . Creator of ` ` The Oatmeal , '' Matthew Inman , has raised $ 500 via IndieGoGo . Tesla , who died in 1943 , foresaw wireless communication and clean energy .
Backers have launched a campaign to create a memorial for inventor Nikola ##us . Edison , ` ` the father of the electric age , '' had a laboratory in New York before it broke . Creator of ` ` The Oatmeal , '' Matthew Inman , has raised $ 500 via IndieGoGo . Tesla , who died in 1943 , foresaw wireless communication and clean energy .