Wireless of the Future
Joe Allonby
joeallonby at gmail.com
Mon May 10 15:46:24 CDT 2010
But where's my flying car? Screw the cell phone, I'm supposed to have
a flying car by now.
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:27 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://books.google.com/books?id=nN8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA476&vq=tesla&pg=PA476#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
> It will soon be possible, for instance, for a business man in New York
> To dictate instructions and have them appear instantly in type in
> London or elsewhere. He will be able to call up from his desk and talk
> with any telephone subscriber in the world. It will only be necessary
> to carry an inexpensive instrument not bigger than a watch, which will
> enable its bearer to hear anywhere on sea or land for distances of
> thousands of miles. One may listen or transmit speech or song to the
> uttermost parts of the world.
>
> 1909, Nikola Tesla
>
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