The advent of the Internet was predicted in 1895

The advent of the Internet was predicted in 1895 In 1934, a Belgian engineer Paul Otle decades ahead of its time, having decided to create "electronic telescopes", instantly giving people access to books, films, audio recordings and photographs. Interestingly, the idea of "universal library" was formulated this forgotten genius back in 1895.





Paul Otle (1868-1944)







Later Paul Otle improved it, proposing to connect the telephone and the television so that everyone could "have the ability to remotely request information on a particular subject and get the results on the individual screen".





For the development of a global newspaper archive, and a 150-room Museum Hotel has joined forces with Nobel prize winner Henri La Fontaine and the architectural genius of Le Corbusier. Unfortunately, their bold ideas while was not fated to come true. But then there were additional services or information requested through the Telegraph.





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