Light shows have been used by pop musicians at festivals for almost as long as pop music itself has been around. Hard rock and early metal bands, especially those towards the more, uh, “psychedelic” end of the spectrum, have been marvelling at the pretty colours since at least the ‘60s. As for who has control… Continue reading The History Of Light In Music And Festivals
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The History of Modems
For an invention which has revolutionised the way we live our lives, the modem gets very little credit. When it was first invented it struggled to download a simple 500KB webpage in twelve hours. Now, it transfers huge amounts of data within minutes. From the Data Phone to the The Hayes, to ISDN and ADSL… Continue reading The History of Modems
A History Of TV Advertising
Image by Medhi The first television advert ever to be screened happened on July 1st 1941 in the USA and was a 20-second advert for Bulova watches, broadcast on New York’s WNBT channel just before a major baseball game. Bulova paid $9 for the advert which accounting for inflation is roughly the equivalent of paying… Continue reading A History Of TV Advertising
Causes And History Of The Blu-ray/HD DVD Format War
In the mid-2000s, the home video market found itself in a situation similar to that of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when VHS and Betamax competed with each other for market share. This time, two versions of the optical disc contended for dominance: Blu ray and HD DVD, both of which first became available… Continue reading Causes And History Of The Blu-ray/HD DVD Format War
A Brief History of Flying Cars
The history of car design is full of ideas for taking the car beyond a simple road vehicle and combining it with other technologies. One that designers have continued to persist with over the years is the flying car, a road-worthy vehicle that can also take to the skies. We’ve seen it in the movies,… Continue reading A Brief History of Flying Cars
Usenet History Past & Present
It all began with two students in 1979 from Duke University in North Carolina. Tom Truscott’s and Jim Ellis´ idea was to create an alternative to Arpanet (the early World Wide Web) where people from all over the world were able to discuss various topics. The result was Usenet which allowed two computers using UUPC… Continue reading Usenet History Past & Present
The Kodak Instamatic Camera History
The Kodak Instamatic was a brand of instamatic cameras designed by Kodak and introduced to the market in 1963. The term instamatic refers to the film loading process, which is quite simply to insert the film cartridge into the camera and it is ready to shoot. Even amateur photographers found it very easy to load… Continue reading The Kodak Instamatic Camera History