We were sending images “online” in the 30s: History of the photo via cable
A video from 1937 explains the fascinating process of transmitting photographs through the telephone cable. An authentic revolution.
A video from 1937 explains the fascinating process of transmitting photographs through the telephone cable. An authentic revolution.
In the 50s the Telemeter brought on-demand TV into homes: it anticipated Netflix by 70 years with a coin-operated decoder and a tape recorder.
Story of a voice assistant that controlled lights, made phone calls and set timers, all through voice commands, 40 years before Alexa and Siri.
The failed predictions that defined an era: From personal space travel to unlimited hydrogen, there's a lot of the future still missing
History is always written by the winners: this is why no one remembers "the African-American Thomas Edison", Granville T.Woods.
Ancient Greece used water to transmit messages with a simple but effective system that was a prelude to modern telecommunications
Leonardo Da Vinci and his (fictitious) radio: how advanced Renaissance technology could have altered the future of global communication.
The 13-month calendar conceived by Comte and revisited by Cotsworth came close to adoption: it would have changed the way we measure the year.
The great philosopher and scientist offers us a "kit" against hoaxes and manipulations. How to apply it in everyday life
Between ultrasonic dishwashers and Formica worktops, Monsanto had a House of the Future inside Disneyland. What happened to that vision?
An archaeological discovery proves it without any doubt: Pythagoras did not invent the famous theorem that today bears his name.
In his prelude to Animal Farm, Orwell addressed censorship and intellectual hypocrisy.
From the Trinity test to the Bomba Tsar. Oppenheimer brings with him a question: How destructive can a nuclear bomb become? The answer may surprise you.
Were the works of Nikola Tesla, the leading inventor of his time, really stolen by the American government? Here's how things went.
From Ballmer predicting the failure of the iPhone to Metcalfe predicting the collapse of the Internet: 5 stories of failed tech prophecies
Not only scientific discoveries: Newton also delighted in predicting the end of the world, inspired by passages in the Bible.
Steam cars have been a truly fascinating chapter in automotive history. Could they be experiencing a "back to the future"?
Without the asteroid, would dinosaurs drive cars today, or would they have skyscrapers? And we, would we have ever evolved? From suggestive hypotheses to serious (and interesting) answers.
Not just energy and GPS: Tesla anticipated everyone even on X-rays. The X-ray of his foot could be the first ever
With great power comes great responsibility. This also applies to software: if it's a flop it ruins the company and the customer too.
The genesis and history of Morse code, and how this mode of communication has changed the history of man forever.