Although others now have wireless patents, there is actually no big obstacle to wireless applications. Moreover, wireless patents themselves have always been very confusing.
In 1893, Tesla publicly demonstrated wireless communication for the first time in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and in an academic report, he described and demonstrated the basic principles of wireless communication.
The instrument he made contained all the basic elements of the radio system before the invention of the vacuum tube and was relatively complete.
Then in 1897, Tesla did obtain a patent for wireless technology in the United States. But at the same time, the Italian Marconi was also conducting independent radio research. He also obtained a radio patent in Italy. The patent number is also very interesting, patent No. 7777.
He also founded a Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. and completed the first transatlantic wireless communication in 1901.
At that time, we chose the nearest Canadian province of Newfoundland, which is more than 3,300 kilometers away.
For example, large financial groups such as Morgan focus on commercial value. Marconi happened to be a person who understood business, and he tried every means to promote business. He also had a mature organization like the company under his control, so he was naturally favored by the business community.
Coupled with the involvement of Edison and others, the United States eventually withdrew the wireless patent from Tesla and awarded it to Marconi.
Marconi later won the Nobel Prize in Physics for radio. Only in 1943, the United States withdrew Marconi's patent and granted it to Tesla again... It has been forty years in a blink of an eye. Unfortunately, just a few months ago, Tesla had died alone. In a small hotel, this ruling was not seen.
In addition to Marconi and Tesla, Russia believed that the inventor of radio was their Alexander Popov, and designated May 7, 1895, the day Popov discovered radio, as their Radio Day.
Therefore, it is difficult to argue who actually invented the radio. These people all completed it independently and at about the same time.
In fact, the theoretical foundation of radio at that time was already very complete. The foundation was naturally Maxwell's electromagnetic theory and equations. The discovery of radio had been long awaited.
As for who invented it, it is a bit like discussing whether Newton or Leibniz invented calculus.
And even if someone has applied for a radio patent, the radio technology is actually still very rudimentary at this time, and there are many more patents that can be applied for in the future.
Moreover, according to the current policies of various countries, there is no support for a certain company or individual to hold so-called patents in the direction of large technologies. They must be subdivided.
That is to say, just because photography was invented, everyone who takes photos in the future will have to pay you. This is definitely not conducive to technological development.
It can only be said that if you improve the shutter speed or improve the imaging effect, this kind of subdivided patent will do.
Therefore, there are still many promising developments in radio, especially in the application direction, and the future is as bright as the rising sun.
Li Yu also found that the applied physics major he studied at the beginning was really too
"Suitable" for time travel. Although I am not proficient in a certain aspect, I can learn everything in this major! Radio has developed into a specialized communication profession, and it has many extensions. Even the most advanced 5G technology in Li Yu's previous life was in the radio category.
These are very professional, but at the beginning of the 20th century, radio was just a newborn baby, and it was still within Li Yu's ability.
Tesla was a busy man, and it didn't take long for him to say to Li Yu and Mark Twain: "I'm sorry, I have to go to Long Island today and invite a few of them to dinner another day." Li Yu naturally knew that he was He went to continue the wireless power transmission experiment, so he asked: "Sir, are you going to conduct artificial lightning experiments again?"
"Yes," said Tesla,
"And this time I want to make an artificial lightning with a radius of more than three hundred miles to light up the night sky of New York!" Okay, Mark Twain took a breath,
"That will be such a spectacular scene. Compared with you, I suddenly feel that my button design is a bit incompetent." Tesla said with a smile: "These are two different things." Sierra also knew about Tesla's experiments.
"I heard that four years ago you created artificial lightning in Colorado and caused a blackout in the Springs."
"That's him!" said Mark Twain,
"If you think why he built Wardenclyffe Tower in New York, he was kicked out of Colorado." Tesla spread his hands: "That was an accident." He had indeed completed the first artificial lightning effect in mankind. , has always been regarded as a matter of pride.
Mark Twain said: "I advise you to be careful. If there is a power outage in New York, the financial giants on Wall Street will probably eat you." Tesla smiled: "You should also buy stocks, right?" Mark Twain immediately said: "I have sworn that I will never touch anything related to investment again, including stocks. Even if I do buy it, the power outage will not cause me much loss, but Morgan and Rockefeller will not forgive you. ." Mark Twain was a contrarian investment genius. At that time, he spent $50,000 to buy shares of the Mexico-Oriental Railway Company, which was a big deal.
But soon, the commercial and financial crisis came at the end of the 19th century, stock prices plummeted, and most of his huge investment was in vain.
On the contrary, Kang Youwei made a fortune by investing in trams in Mexico... Tesla said confidently: "Don't worry, I already have experience. It will definitely be the most gorgeous show in New York." Mark Twain covered his head Forehead: "I hope so. I don't want to see you in the church to bury you again." Tesla smiled and said, "You're kidding me." Tesla packed up his things and said goodbye to them temporarily.
Wardenclyffe Tower was built on Long Island, New York, a large island east of New York. Long Island is bounded by the New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn to the west, and two counties to the east.
The famous Montauk Point Lighthouse was built on Long Island. It was originally a guiding light for European immigrants to come to America. Seeing this lighthouse indicated that they were about to land on the American continent.
Long Island has warm winters and cool summers, and has a very good climate. It has always been a gathering place for wealthy Americans, and many foreign wealthy people also like to buy real estate here.
Morgan and Tesla chose to build Wardenclyffe Tower here because they wanted to attract the attention of wealthy people. Artificial lightning is so cool.
After Tesla left, Mark Twain said to Li Yu: "Tesla was very young when he first came to the United States, but it seems that he has not yet realized his dream." Li Yu said: "It depends on whether he succeeds or not. It's hard to define, and it's hard to say." Mark Twain suddenly said: "I always feel that there are many strange feelings in your words." Li Yu asked: "What strange feeling?"
"It's hard to tell," said Mark Twain.
"But there is always a kind of maturity and stability that is not commensurate with your age, as if you can see through the world." Li Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Mark Twain, you are really over-praised." He did not dare to admit that he was a time traveler.
"I mean it," Mark Twain added,
"I am also a well-informed person. Like my inventive talent and investment talent, I am very accurate in judging people." Li Yu knew that Mark Twain was good at joking and speaking in a humorous manner, so he also said: "If If your underwear button patent can be adopted, I believe what you say." Mark Twain laughed and said: "You also know humor! I'll remember you, kid, you must remember to write "Planet" early. The sequel to "The Great War", otherwise I will not feel at ease even if I die."
"Then I will burn it into paper and pass it to you." Li Yu said.
"Is this okay?"
"Yes," Li Yu said,
"In China, you still have to burn paper money to worship your ancestors." Mark Twain suddenly realized: "You Chinese people still respect your ancestors and know what they need most." Chatting with Mark Twain was very interesting, but he still had to go back and improve himself Great design, so the two of them said goodbye.
Li Yu and Sierra went out and searched for a while, and selected a three-story house as the laboratory base. The space inside was large and fully usable.
The rent on Fifth Avenue is not cheap now, but I already have a fund, so I don’t care about the money.
The power behind Sierra is really great. The laboratory was set up in a few days. The facilities are very complete and everything you need is available.
Sierra said proudly: "You can rest assured. We can make the laboratory as good as the Edison laboratory next door, including his laboratory in Menlo Park." Now the big American chaebols are also competing in private. Everyone has seen the huge commercial benefits brought by technology realization, so many chaebols are supporting some experimental institutions.
The chaebol behind Edison was originally the financial giant Morgan. It is said that ten years ago, Edison's electric light company was bought by Morgan and merged with several other companies to form the famous General Electric.
The laboratory rented by Sierra is not particularly far from Edison and Tesla, and it is located in the economic center of the United States, so the conditions are very favorable.
However, Edison's current main laboratory is in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The laboratory on Fifth Avenue in New York is smaller in scale and mainly conducts research on direct current. It is also the location of Edison's office.
In fact, most of Edison's inventions and patents were team achievements. Edison was more like a product manager and organizer, responsible for coming up with ideas, and then he had many scientists under him to carry out specific experimental operations.
So most of the experiments were not done by Edison, but the results were attributed to him. Edison's biggest motivation for making inventions was for commercial value. His main job was to communicate with the media and upper-level people to promote his inventions and creations.
Later generations only know about Edison, but few people know about Menlo Park Laboratory.
"Invention Factory". Mainly because since ancient times, people have preferred lone heroes, talented artists who are down and out, and wise men who turn the tide in adversity.
Even when watching movies in later generations, heroes rely on their own strength to defeat criminals, and the police will belatedly arrive to clean up the mess at the end.
If the story were changed: the police relied on team strength to crack down on the criminal gang, the plot would be boring.
In the same way, what everyone likes is that under dim candlelight, the unkempt Edison conducted the 1023rd filament experiment alone in a simple room, and then excitingly demonstrated the light that lit up human civilization.
Such a picture is obviously more attractive than a large group of elites in the Menlo Park laboratory conducting filament experiments with different materials, and then handing the experimental report to Edison, who would select a material with the best data.
Stories of lone heroes spread more widely. There are many similar reasons. Even the legendary Steve Jobs of Apple actually had a very limited understanding of technology. Of course, his talent did not lie there.
But Apple's original first- and second-generation computers were indeed developed by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Gary Wozniak.
Including Jack Ma in our country, although he is the big boss of an Internet company, he does not understand programming.
It can only be said that the Edison in everyone's impression is more like a story, which is different from the actual Edison.
After Sierra completed the laboratory, Li Yu planned to first develop the four-wheel drive system and electromagnetic ignition system agreed upon by Ford and Mr. Leland.
The principle of the electromagnetic ignition system is not complicated. The main reason is that there is a clear gap between the current design concept and later generations.
Considering that the current engine design is still a bit primitive, Li Yu is planning to use an electric starter to make the transition. Of course, this itself is a huge innovation, and historically it would not appear until almost 10 years later.
After the later application matures, we can naturally continue to design a key-direct start. This is a more complete electronic start solution.
As for the four-wheel drive system, Li Yu completely used his mechanical design skills to design the key component, the universal joint.
He is very familiar with design plans and even used software to conduct 3D modeling when he was in school. It was just a small homework at that time.
But it did take a lot of effort to make it by hand. Fortunately, I also made a differential before. In short, hands-on ability still needs to be strengthened.
After several tests, the prototype can be trial-assembled as a first-generation product. But before that, Li Yu still had to apply for a patent and register a company.
You need to ask Sierra for this.
"Patent matters are easy to handle. After all, the samples have been made, and passing the application is not difficult," Sierra said.
"As for the company, you need to think of a name." Li Yu thought for a while: "Now everyone seems to like to use their own names, why not just use the initials, LY Company." Sierra smiled: "You are really lazy. ." It's not lazy, but fortunately Li Yu's name is simple, otherwise the pinyin plan hasn't been released yet, and he would have to explain it again.
Li Yu said: "This is considered a parent company. For convenience in the future, we can continue to register some subsidiaries for implementation."
"It turns out you know how to run a business," Sierra said,
"This method is indeed feasible." Li Yu said: "That's all I know." Sierra said: "Your ambition seems to be quite big, it sounds like the prototype of a large group company." Li Yu said with a smile: "Bazi Nothing has been written yet." Li Yu looked at the drawings and plan calculations in his hands, and suddenly thought of Einstein from the Swiss Patent Office. If he applied for a patent in Switzerland in the future, would it be easier to contact him... This The picture is really impactful.
