From Radio Waves to Racquet SwingsFrom Radio Waves to Racquet Swings

A Flashback Biography by Jules Apatini

Prologue in Motion

The present hums like a restless metronome. My invention, the Smart Innovative Racquet Cover (SIR), rests before me — a 3D-printed paddle cover integrating a smartphone, transforming every swing into cinematic entertainment. In Marty Supreme, A24’s Christmas Day 2025 film, I shared a set with Timothée Chalamet, holding the Hard Bat paddle gifted by Marty Reisman…

Budapest & Flight to Freedom

I was eight years old. My sister, Andrea, was five. We lived at 40 Rákóczi út in Budapest, across from the Corvin Department Store. That afternoon, chants, courage, and chaos merged into history. Tanks rolled, bullets pierced walls, and our family fled through snow and tracer fire…

Rome in Color

Rome was the shift from black-and-white to color. Under the Italian Red Cross, I survived a grand mal seizure that nearly ended me. My father befriended Domenico Modugno, helping shape “Volare” and “Piove” into timeless anthems…

The Thread of Invention

Table tennis wasn’t just a sport — it was heritage. One day, a student asked me to film his stroke. The phone slid off a chair, and I thought: what if the paddle itself held the phone? That seed became SIR decades later…