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An Epoch Times reader recalls a friend who played an important role in the history of the Metropolitan Opera and early movies.

INVENTIONS: Can you imagine a world without cars, light bulbs or personal computers?

Telegraph - Electrical Signals, Morse Code, Communication: Although railroad traffic control was one of the earliest applications of the telegraph, it immediately became a vital tool for the transmission of news around the country. In 1848 the Associated Press was formed in the United States to pool telegraph expenses, and in 1849 Paul Julius Reuters in Paris initiated telegraphic press service (using pigeons to cover sections where lines were incomplete). By 1851 more than 50 telegraph companie...

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We've all heard the expression "the greatest thing since sliced bread." But how did sliced bread come to be?

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(WHTM) — The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) was facing a challenge. Since its founding in 1885, it had been expanding its network of phone lines, introducing more and more Americans to the marvel of the telephone. In 1908 the company set out to build a transcontinental telephone line and connect the country from […]

(WHTM) — It’s one of the first things you learn when dealing with electricity – don’t get your electronics wet or all sorts of terrible things will happen. But on November 17, 1947, a scientist did just that, and revolutionized the world. This story actually starts in 1906, when inventor Lee De Forest invented the […]

Physicist Isaac Newton wrote, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”. The field of electronics is no different; we could not have the technology we have today without the contributions of thousands of brilliant people. This series of articles is about them. by Dr David Maddison

Have you ever wondered how we moved from sending handwritten letters that took weeks to reach their destination to instantly connecting with someone on the other side of the world? The evolution of communication technology has been nothing short of remarkable. In today's fast-paced digital age, it's easy to take our instantaneous global connectivity for