<nettime> WORLDWIRELESS

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WORLDWIRELESS

(1)  The interconnection of the existing telegraph exchanges or offices
all over the world;

(2)  The establishment of a secret and noninterferable government
telegraph service;

(3) The interconnection of all the present telephone exchanges or
offices on the globe;

(4)  The universal distribution of general news, by telegraph or
telephone, in connection with the press;

(5)  The establishment of intelligence transmission for exclusive
private use;

(6)  The interconnection and operation of all stock tickers of the
world;

(7)  The establishment of a "World System" of musical distribution, etc;

(8)  The universal registration of time by cheap clockis indicating the
hour with astronomical precision and requiring no attention whatever;

(9)  The world transmission of typed or handwritten characters, letters,

checks, etc;

(10)  The establishment of a universal marine service enabling the
navigators of all ships to steer perfectly without compass, to determine

the exact location, hour, and speed to prevent collisions and disasters,

etc;

(11)  The inauguration of a system of world printing on land and sea;

(12)  The world reproduction of photographic pictures and all kinds of
drawings or records.

NIKOLA TESLA  1906


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