Through some highly successful crowdfunding and skillful negotiation , the last remaining laboratory of futurist inventor Nikola Tesla is now in the hands of a nonprofit group that wants to preserve the site and make it a museum honoring `` the father of the electric age . '' Nonprofit group has the former lab of inventor Nikola Tesla . After years , he was aided by drive by ` ` The Oatmeal '' s Matthew Smith . He seeks to turn the ground - breaker 's former lab into a science museum . Inman promises Tesla coil - fried sandwiches at upcoming fundraiser .
Nonprofit group has the former lab of inventor Nikola Tesla . After years , he was aided by drive by ` ` The Oatmeal '' s Matthew Smith . He seeks to turn the ground - breaker 's former lab into a science museum . Inman promises Tesla coil - fried sandwiches at upcoming fundraiser .