If you asked someone who Alexander Graham Bell was they might tell you he invented the telephone, but is that all? Of course it’s not. Bell was responsible for many of the modern conveniences we use every day. The telephone, photophone, tetrahedron, silver dart, hydrofoil, and the iron lung.
Bell’s photophone was derived from the Greek words meaning light and sound. His partner and attorney was Charles Sumner Tainter. The photophone paved the way for today’s fiber optic technology and wireless phones.