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An invention is a novel composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived, in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others...

Timeline of Events

1876

3.7.1876

Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone beating Antonio Meucci by four hours.

1896

6.2.1896

Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio.

1906

9.25.1906

In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the ''Telekino'' in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.