How much of today’s tech did Nikola Tesla predict a century ago? Here’s a look back at some spot-on predictions from Nikola Tesla — along with a few, that, well… we haven’t quite seen yet.
Nikola Tesla, electrical scientist, says not armies alone, but whole populations will be destroyed in war by use of wireless currents — his own air torpedo deadly.
Repeated, desperate SOS calls were heard by at least 10 ships, which rushed to the scene as the Titanic, the biggest most luxurious ship in the world, sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
What happened to Jack Phillips, the first telegraph operator aboard the Titanic, who sent the all-important message that the ship was sinking so rescue ships could arrive?
On the morning of October 22, 1915, an engineer in Arlington, Virginia, was heard in Paris and Hawaii. This was the first trans-Atlantic and trans-continental message ever sent by wireless telephone.
Dr Nikola Tesla looks forward to the era when one titanic electrical wireless station shall supply power for the world — tells of other developments that we have good reason to expect
Discoveries in electricity Some very remarkable discoveries have recently been made in the field of electricity. It has been found possible to transmit electrical energy,
Guglielmo Marconi: Who has solved the problem of telegraphing without wires It would seem that Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian of 23 years, has solved the question
How a boy constructed a wireless instrument By the aid of the accompanying diagrams I think any boy should be able to construct a simple,
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