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New Technology: Tourism goes high tech

Posted May 14, 2008

“Held against the ear and delivering recorded commentary, audio guides have immeasurably improved the experience of sightseeing.” — Tom Bulford

by Tom Bulford, MoneyWeek

Baltimore – (TFN): It was in 1878 that the great American inventor Thomas Edison took some tin foil, wrapped it around a cylinder and announced to John Kruesi and Charles Batchelor, ‘This machine is going to talk.’

He recited ‘Mary had a little lamb’ - and to everyone’s amazement the machine repeated the words exactly. Edison had invented the phonograph, the first machine ever to record and replay sound.

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Thirteen of the world’s most experienced and successful global property investors, developer, and players will convene with a single objective: To show the 100 select investors in attendance where to put their international real estate investment capital right now.

Lief’s Profits Summit is not for everyone. But it’s for you if you’re looking to get in early and to get in wholesale. You want to be in the room with him and his invited A-list roster of speakers in Cancun if you’re looking for real estate investment opportunities with very big upsides. Read on for full details.

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Edison had a winter residence in Fort Myers, Florida, where his neighbour was no lesser person than Henry Ford. Last month I visited these attractive homes overlooking the broad expanse of the Caloosahatchee River, and as I strolled around I listened to a potted history - thanks to a device that would not exist but for Edison’s breakthrough.

New Technology: This ain’t your mama’s audio guide

This device was the audio guide. Held against the ear and delivering recorded commentary, audio guides have immeasurably improved the experience of sightseeing. Read on to learn how the audio guide could make you rich.

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