Chuck

I'm really impressed, man. I had not come up with that one.

I'm really impressed, man. I had not come up with that one.

He was. He also was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, which connects this episode to the other one today. Yeah. That's right. Because he came up with something called a tree telephone. He figured out how to use any tree, but preferably one with fully leaved, I guess. I don't know what you'd call that. As a receiver and transmitter for radio signals.

He was. He also was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, which connects this episode to the other one today. Yeah. That's right. Because he came up with something called a tree telephone. He figured out how to use any tree, but preferably one with fully leaved, I guess. I don't know what you'd call that. As a receiver and transmitter for radio signals.

He was. He also was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, which connects this episode to the other one today. Yeah. That's right. Because he came up with something called a tree telephone. He figured out how to use any tree, but preferably one with fully leaved, I guess. I don't know what you'd call that. As a receiver and transmitter for radio signals.

He figured out how to use a tree, a living tree for that.

He figured out how to use a tree, a living tree for that.

He figured out how to use a tree, a living tree for that.

Right. I looked at the document for our Wright Brothers episode, and he did not appear. I don't think we mentioned him. But he might have been the first airline passenger from what I saw.

Right. I looked at the document for our Wright Brothers episode, and he did not appear. I don't think we mentioned him. But he might have been the first airline passenger from what I saw.

Right. I looked at the document for our Wright Brothers episode, and he did not appear. I don't think we mentioned him. But he might have been the first airline passenger from what I saw.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like if you think of like a wave, if it's low frequency, there's big wide gaps in between. You can fit a higher frequency that's tighter and squished together in those gaps, but you're still using the same line. And, you know, this was the guy who came up with that.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like if you think of like a wave, if it's low frequency, there's big wide gaps in between. You can fit a higher frequency that's tighter and squished together in those gaps, but you're still using the same line. And, you know, this was the guy who came up with that.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like if you think of like a wave, if it's low frequency, there's big wide gaps in between. You can fit a higher frequency that's tighter and squished together in those gaps, but you're still using the same line. And, you know, this was the guy who came up with that.

That's an enormous advancement in telecommunications that we're still putting use today in some applications, but definitely helped like the early Internet along, right? It was just a huge contribution to humanity. Like, forget even just Muzak. Like, just that alone would probably warrant, like, an episode for George Square.

That's an enormous advancement in telecommunications that we're still putting use today in some applications, but definitely helped like the early Internet along, right? It was just a huge contribution to humanity. Like, forget even just Muzak. Like, just that alone would probably warrant, like, an episode for George Square.

That's an enormous advancement in telecommunications that we're still putting use today in some applications, but definitely helped like the early Internet along, right? It was just a huge contribution to humanity. Like, forget even just Muzak. Like, just that alone would probably warrant, like, an episode for George Square.

Right. He came up with it, but since he left it open, they decided to just take it from him and sue him for it.

Right. He came up with it, but since he left it open, they decided to just take it from him and sue him for it.

Right. He came up with it, but since he left it open, they decided to just take it from him and sue him for it.