It is about the robots (OpEd)

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09-08-2004, 15:53

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Re: It is about the robots (OpEd)

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Ummm... Marconi didn't invent the radio. Tesla did.

The issue of who invented the radio has been up for debate for almost a century now. The original patent was awarded to Tesla but in 1904 the US Patent Office changed their decision and handed the patent to Marconi, much to the chagrin of Tesla. Adding further insult to injury, Marconi was awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize for his work in radio.

Finally in 1944, the Supreme Court overturned Marconi's patent and re-awarded it to Tesla.

The issue of who the "true" inventor of radio is something that is still debated vigourously by many academics. But it is safe to say there is no "cut and dry" answer.

/end tangent...

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