Indeed, but Edison was a ruthless SOB when it came to business.
“Tesla, by comparison, invented AC and WiFi decades ago.”
And early computer guys kept running into his patents! He invented the “and” gate.
Edison was a creep! He paid boys to grab peoples cats and dogs and then “Westinghoused” them using AC power, trying to scare people away from AC.
Wifi is actually based upon frequency hopping spread spectrum technology and the inventor of that has a story that bests even Tesla. She (yes, she) was widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world. She used her range of acting talent and God-given beauty to set the standard by which all other Hollywood starlets were measured. Her incredible beauty and intellect(specifically mathematics) made her a force of nature, capturing the attention of heads of state and movie fans alike. She married and arms merchant named Friedrich Mandl, the third richest man in Europe when she was 19. He used her for arm candy when hosting the likes of Hitler and Mussolini in order to sell munitions. She left him and escaped to continue pursuing her acting career in America. She worked and married a composer named George Antheil. Together they devised a secret wireless communication system based on the 88 keys of a piano, driven in large part to help the US military in WWII.
Lamarr’s and Antheil’s frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, such as Bluetooth, COFDM used in Wi-Fi network connections, and CDMA used in some cordless and wireless telephones.[25] Blackwell, Martin, and Vernam’s 1920 patent Secrecy Communication System seems to lay the communications groundwork for Kiesler and Antheil’s patent, which employed the techniques in the autonomous control of torpedoes. In other words, Hedy Lamarr is likely the most influential woman in history and most people don’t know her story. Not just another pretty face!
“His description of Edison searching through hundreds of straws was literally accurate. Edison did just that to find a suitable filament for his light bulb. Tesla, by comparison, invented AC and WiFi decades ago.”
Exactamondo!