Dave chats with Ori Fruhauf from Upright about their device that trains you to have better posture.
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PCs That Combine Function And Portability From Ockel At IFA
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Dave chats with Jesper Baumgarten from Ockel Computers about their product that combines the functionality of a desktop PC with the portability of a tablet.
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This Week in Tech History: First Female Telephone Operator
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https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/intotomorrow.com/media/video/08-26-2016-TWITH.mp4Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1878 – Emma Nutt was recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to become the world’s first female telephone operator at the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. At the time, to be an operator, a woman had to be unmarried and between the ages of 17 and 26. She […]
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Subscribe to our free Podcast!Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1877 – Thomas Edison wrote a letter to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated his feelings that the word, “hello” would be a more appropriate greeting when answering the phone, than “ahoy,” which was suggested by […]
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Subscribe to our podcast!Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1876 – Thomas Edison of Menlo Park, NJ patented the mimeograph machine. He described it as a method of preparing autographic stencils for printing. We don’t use mimeographs much these days, thanks to paper copiers and computers. The mimeograph worked by first creating […]
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Subscribe to our podcast!Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1971 – The first men to ride in a vehicle on the moon did so in the LRV (lunar rover vehicle). This example of a lunar dune buggy carried Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin for five miles on […]
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This Week in Tech History: First Transatlantic Satellite Broadcast
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Subscribe to our podcast!Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1893 – Commercial production of the Addressograph, created by Joseph Duncan, started in Chicago, Illinois. The addressograph was an early labeling system. 1914 – The first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York and San Francisco. […]
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Subscribe to our Podcasts!Podcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1900 – One of the most famous trademarks in the world, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a […]
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Subscribe to our PodcastsPodcast: Play in new window | EmbedThis week in 1951 – Dr. William Shockley announced that he had invented a working and efficient junction transistor at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. 1962 – Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, was successfully launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL. “Telstar” […]