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  • 2021-02-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Nikola Tesla Describe Cell Phones in 1926? (en)
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  • A popular quote attributed to scientist Nikola Tesla describes a vest-pocket sized device built on a global wireless system. This putative statement of Tesla's has been memed on numerous occasions because it sounds a like a prescient description of modern smartphones, despite the fact that Tesla allegedly said it in 1926: This quote is correctly attributed to Tesla and to the year 1926. The statement was taken from an interview with Tesla conducted by journalist John B. Kennedy and published in a Jan. 30, 1926, article in Collier's magazine. The article highlighted several predictions of Tesla's, teasing readers with this lede: The quote describing the vest-pocket equipment follows a few paragraphs below (emphasis ours): In concept, Tesla's words were an apt description of the 21st century smartphone: a device that allows the real-time transmission of audio and video between individuals regardless of the distance between them, yet is small enough to comfortably fit in a pocket. Because Tesla did indeed make these statements back in 1926, the quote is accurately attributed to him. (en)
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