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Wireless Audio Transmission

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The first wireless audio transmission was demonstrated in 1906 by Reginald Fessenden, who broadcast a Christmas Eve program of music and speech using amplitude modulation (AM).

Why this is interesting

You probably use wireless headphones or stream music from your phone to a speaker every day—but how does sound travel through thin air without any physical connection?