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Wireless TelegraphyIn this module, Snehashish Ghosh throws light on the primary objective of the Act — that of regulating the possession of wi-fi telegraphy equipment.

Take Captain Kirk’s communicator. It was absolutely an inspiration for the primary era of flip phones, these clunky cell gadgets that we used within the nineteen nineties. These have developed into smartphones, way more superior than the science-fiction communicator. Kirk’s system didn’t obtain e-mail, play music, surf the Net, present instructions, or take photographs, in any case. It additionally did not sweet-speak him as Apple’s Siri does if you ask her the fitting questions.

When one reads McLuhan’s writings, (or hears his lectures), it becomes fairly evident that McLuhan is extra involved with creating eye (or ear) candy, and fewer concerned with bringing on the primary course. He spends plenty of time evaluating the ability of present know-how akin to television and how it affected current … Read the rest

Johna Horowitz by — December 19, 2015 in Wireless Telegraphy

Wireless TelegraphyBe it known that I. ROBERTO LANDELL nu MOURA, acitizen of the Republic of Brazil, and a resident of the city of New York, (borough of Man hattan,) within the county and State of New York, have invented a brand new and Improved Wi-fi Telegraph, of which the following is a full, clear, and precise description.

With Westinghouse’s purchase of these patents, a full scale warfare broke out between Westinghouse and Thomas Edison. The stakes had been excessive because each knew the financial rewards that will be reaped sooner or later. Edison steadfastly believed the future of electric energy was in utilizing direct current. Westinghouse, however believed Tesla’s alternating current system was superior.

In the first a long time of the twenty-first century, we have to see that the same holds true for house as much because it does for time. We cannot totally understand any subject without also spatializing … Read the rest

Johna Horowitz by — February 2, 2015 in Wireless Telegraphy