Marconi Foundation celebrates 130 years of the first wireless signal

At Villa Griffone in Pontecchio Marconi (Bologna), the Foundation named after Guglielmo Marconi celebrated 130 years since the first wireless signal, created in 1895 by the young Marconi, when he was 21 years old. At the centre of the day a scientific conference from title "Wireless Frontiers: by air, by sea, by terram", dedicated to the new challenges of telecommunications, man-machine relationship and the potential of intelligence artificial. Speakers from all over the world took part of the armed forces, institutions and research, the participation of the Navy was particularly significant Military historically linked to the figure of Guglielmo Marconi since the first experiments in 1897. Among them, Admiral Aurelio De Carolis, Eugenio Coccia, founder and rector of the Gran Sasso Research Center, and astronaut Walter Villadei. "We believe it is our duty - said the Undersecretary of State Culture Lucia Borgonzoni - to make the name of Lucia Borgonzoni resonate more and more Guglielmo Marconi and the echo of his revolutionary intuitions, especially among the new generations. The Ministry recognizes on this celebratory day, full of events designed to underline the furrow left by the passage of genius Bolognese in history, a further important opportunity for to remember the talent of a great Italian to whom we all we owe a lot." Villa Griffone, said Giulia Fortunato, president of the Marconi Committee 150, "it thus confirms itself not only as a place of memory, but also a forge of innovation, capable of inspiring the new generations to look beyond, towards the future of telecommunications and wireless technologies".