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Hugo Gernsback published serious tech magazines filled with far-out ideas.

Hugo Gernsback’s novel imagined a future with televisions, wireless communication, electric cars and solar power, and predicted many inventions yet to come

Guglielmo Marconi’s early experiments in wireless communication, particularly his radio transmission during the 1899 America’s Cup yacht races, had

George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels. Above: George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Source: "Generating electricity by the suns rays", Popular Electricity, Volume 2, nr. 12, April 1910, pp.793. More efficient, less sustainable Ever since Bell Labs presented the firs...

Army Exploring New Tech to Charge Up Troops on the Go