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99% Invisible

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The Importance of Magnets in Long Range Communications

Magnetism is very key to long range communications. Jagdish Chandra Bose demonstrated that we can use these waves to send signals far, far away. I think about my grandfather who was sending telegrams a few decades ago. It wasn't that long ago compared to my daughter who swipes a screen on an iPhone and can place an instant video call to her family in India.

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