How Spain's Forgotten Engineer Built the First Self-Driving Tech

What Happened Leonardo Torres Quevedo, born in Santa Cruz, Spain in 1852, developed the Telekino system over a decade before 1914, making it one of the earliest examples of wireless vehicle control technology. The system was patented in Spain, France, and the United States, demonstrating its international recognition as a significant innovation. The Telekino worked by transmitting wireless signals to a small receiver called a coherer, which detected electromagnetic waves and converted them into electrical current.