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Radio

Radio, the greatest patented invention of all time. Whilst it is Tesla who is credited with the first US patent, number 6451576, it was Marconi who is best known and the most commercially successful; inventing his wireless telegraph machine based on its principles.

Radio has transformed our world, benefiting humanity in so many different ways. It was arguably a catalyst for some of the biggest technological advances in the 20th century; television, radar and mobile phones.

Radio has widened our scientific horizons, giving us the tools to search for life outside of our solar system. It opened doors to understanding the atomic world via NMR techniques which were developed into 3D medical scanners.

Of all the inventions of the 19th and the 20th century it has done the most to promote world peace; helping to bring us closer together, bridging distances at the speed of light and making the world seem much smaller than it actually is.

It is our entertainment, our communication, our lifeline and the greatest patented invention of all time. One day it may also be our telephone to the stars.

Submitted by: Ian Anderson

Submitted on March 21, 2007 7:53 PM | Comments (5)| Post a comment| Email a friend|Report this post
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But I suggested radio too!

Posted by Alan Williams Wed Mar 07 7:53 PM | Report

Mr. Anderson,

I would had liked to send my idea of the best patent, but i dint know witch to choose, just these few words to tell you that your the luckiest winner on earth that i heard about., i am an airplane pilot, but my dream would be one day be able to go in space like you.

Congratulation Mr. Anderson!!!

Glen Arseneault

Posted by Glen Arseneault Wed Mar 07 7:53 PM | Report

Congratulations winner!

Mr Anderson, have you ever wondered where the wonderful first idea of radio came from?

I agree totally with your suggestion and submission, and I do believe it is simple ideas of communication which arise from either drunken or sober nights of lying on the grass etc and gazing into the stars where all are ideas are born!

I hope and wish you every success with your venture, please accept my sincere best wishes when you take this amazing journey of a life time.

Posted by Paula McCartney Wed Mar 07 7:53 PM | Report

Congratulations winner!

Mr Anderson, have you ever wondered where the wonderful first idea of radio came from?

I agree totally with your suggestion and submission, and I do believe it is simple ideas of communication which arise from either drunken or sober nights of lying on the grass etc and gazing into the stars where all are ideas are born!

I hope and wish you every success with your venture, please accept my sincere best wishes when you take this amazing journey of a life time.

Posted by Paula McCartney Wed Mar 07 7:53 PM | Report

Congratulations winner!

Mr Anderson, have you ever wondered where the wonderful first idea of radio came from?

I agree totally with your suggestion and submission, and I do believe it is simple ideas of communication which arise from either drunken or sober nights of lying on the grass etc and gazing into the stars where all are ideas are born!

I hope and wish you every success with your venture, please accept my sincere best wishes when you take this amazing journey of a life time.

Posted by Paula McCartney Wed Mar 07 7:53 PM | Report
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