It Was EIGHTY Years Ago TODAY!
Before we all settle back this evening in front of our wide-screen, High Definition flat-panel video display to watch the latest in blockbusting home entertaiment; or before we cozy up to our computers to witness the world's latest hi-jinks via YouTube, it might be constructive to remember how it all began: in a makeshift loft in San Francisco, on September 7, 1927, when a young inventor named Philo T. Farnsworth successfully transmitted the image of a simple straight line from the bottom of one empty bottle to the bottom of another -- as depicted in this newsclip from the recreation celebrating the 50th Anniversary of that event in 1977:
From this humble beginning the greatest advance in the history of human communications (before the Internet, I guess...) was launched.
While we're at it, here is the footage from the Emmy Awards nod to Mrs. Farnsworth on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary in 2002:
"The Medium is the Message" -- Marshall McLuhan, 1968
The medium is the massage!
Posted by: Garry Civins | September 07, 2007 at 01:10 PM
I refuse to get a plug-in.
MPEG is fine with me.
Posted by: Grumpy Computer Use | September 07, 2007 at 01:43 PM