CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (pictured at right) first developed the idea of a radio, or wireless telegraph, in the 1890s. His ideas took shape in 1895 when he sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometer away.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1895, a young Italian named Gugliemo Marconi invented what he called “the wireless telegraph” while experimenting in his parents’ attic. He used radio waves to transmit Morse code and the instrument he used became known as the radio.

Detailed explanation-3: -Italian inventor and engineer Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) developed, demonstrated and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and in 1901 broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Let him continue. He is using 17 of my patents.” In 1904, surprisingly, the US Patent Office reversed previous decisions and gave Marconi a patent for the invention of radio. Marconi later won the Nobel Prize and Tesla sued his company for infringement.