Hager Group - THROWBACK THURSDAY: In 1898, Nikola Tesla demonstrated a new invention called “tele-automation” (in the form of a radio-controlled boat) to spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York. The
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Remote control boat as in his patent No. 613,809 III. Chicago lecture... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Source: Forbes; Patent diagram showing the interior of Tesla's first radio-controlled boat, 1898. The boat received signals vi… | Nikola tesla, Tesla, Tesla patents Source: Forbes; Patent diagram showing the interior of Tesla's first radio-controlled boat, 1898. The boat received signals vi… | Nikola tesla, Tesla, Tesla patents](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/b5/61/c6b561c984bec26ceca5a6e8d85bc48f.jpg)
Source: Forbes; Patent diagram showing the interior of Tesla's first radio-controlled boat, 1898. The boat received signals vi… | Nikola tesla, Tesla, Tesla patents
![A school pupil smiles as she touches the remote control of Nikola Tesla's remote controlled boat on display at the Nicola Tesla Museum in Belgrade December 17, 2011. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who made the incandescent light bulb ... A school pupil smiles as she touches the remote control of Nikola Tesla's remote controlled boat on display at the Nicola Tesla Museum in Belgrade December 17, 2011. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who made the incandescent light bulb ...](https://c8.alamy.com/zoomsfr/6/1b4262b3419b469c882042c054cbf683/2cx10bh.jpg)
A school pupil smiles as she touches the remote control of Nikola Tesla's remote controlled boat on display at the Nicola Tesla Museum in Belgrade December 17, 2011. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who made the incandescent light bulb ...
![In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself](http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/09/Second_banquet_meeting_of_the_Institute_of_Radio_Engineers.jpg)
In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself
Tesla Radio Controlled Boat 1898 - Model 2015 | This is a replica model of Tesla's radio controlled boat that was presented at Madison Square Garden in 1898. Crafted by the Tesla
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