The inventor of FM radio died after patent battles
Creating the crisp, static-free frequency modulation we use today was an agonizing curse. Edwin Armstrong revolutionized broadcasting, but entrenched corporate monopolies relentlessly sued him to protect their inferior legacy empires. Bankrupted and exhausted by years of ruthless patent wars, he tragically jumped from a window, entirely missing the era where his tech ruled the world.

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