130 Years of Wireless Communications

Here&rsquo;s a short glimpse into the history of telecommunications: in a building at the top of this mountain (barely noticeable blip across the saddle from the radio tower; search for Capo Figari for more details), Guglielmo Marconi conducted experiments in the ~1930s (after inventing the wireless telegraph system in the late 1890s). The original radio could &ldquo;transmit&rdquo; at most 40-60…