![In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/09/asdushd-640x480.jpg)
In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands - in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself
Hager Group - THROWBACK THURSDAY: In 1898, Nikola Tesla demonstrated a new invention called “tele-automation” (in the form of a radio-controlled boat) to spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York. The
![A translucent replica of Tesla's remote-controlled boat displayed in the Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia | Tesla Universe A translucent replica of Tesla's remote-controlled boat displayed in the Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia | Tesla Universe](https://teslauniverse.com/sites/default/files/styles/default_extra_large_watermark/public/images/museum_0013.jpg?itok=EIHA3T7R)