Cool blog 100 Years Ago Today offers an interesting excerpt from a New York Times story about a speech given by inventor Nikola Tesla on March 10, 1908:
“I consider the greatest achievement of humanity will be WIRELESS TELEPHONY, which may be operated throughout the globe. This will solve a thousand intricate features of our civilization. It is scientifically possible, and it will gradually become an actuality.”
Smart!
Unfortunately, Tesla’s powers of prediction were rather hit-or-miss:
“Mankind will eventually harness the waterfalls and transform this enormous pressure into energy, and this will simplify warfare. Aerial vessels of war will be used to the exclusion of ships, and with 10,000,000 tons of energy this country will be equipped to rout the civilized world.”
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