Has the alternating current technology developed by famed engineer Nikola Tesla found a new champion? Scientist Patrick Flanagan, a child prodigy of electronics, shared his latest research with Regina Meredith originally webcast on October 23, 2012. Dr. Patrick Flanagan invented the Neurophone, an electronic nervous system excitation device that transmits sound through the skin directly to the brain. The invention earned him a profile in Life magazine, which called him a “unique, mature and inquisitive scientist.”