The History and Future of Wireless: Marconi’s Thunder
Technology • August 2009 • Views: 372
There are three things you should know about Guglielmo Marconi: (1) He was a business visionary more than an inventor, (2) he bet on a technology that ultimately proved a dead end, and (3) Marconi dominated the early market but was forced (by the U.S. government) to sell Marconi America before radio broadcasting took off.