This series of posts reflects my inner geek.  It chronicles a number of information technology (IT) related “tourist attractions” that I would love to visit before I die.  Some of them are simply far away locations that I dream of making it to and others will be locations that I would need some assistance obtaining access to.  Please feel free to add your own via the comments block below.

Today, I feature The Marconi Radio Station at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, named after Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the Radio. It is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore and is located on the site of his first transatlantic wireless signal from the U.S to England.  How cool is that?

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From Wikipedia:

"Marchese Guglielmo Marconi 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun, "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

I think that the work that Marconi did for the Information Age is often under appreciated.  The digital data modes that were later invented for radio transmission by various militaries became the foundation for our modern computer networking formats, paradigms, and packet ideas.  Often overlooked is that today’s computer wireless networking dominance is all built on top of our understanding of radio waves and the direct descendent of the work that Marconi did all the way back in 1906!  All good Information Technology Professionals should bone up on his contributions.

For further study and travel ideas, here are some top notch links for Marconi fans:

So where do you want to visit that is related to your interest in The Information Age and Information Technology?  Do you want to see where people worked, like this article, or where objects are?  Together we could make a terrific list.  Please add below.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for November 12, 2009 ©Scott Coughlin

Photo credit:  Wikipedia

 

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