What's that sound?
What’s the difference between a piano and a pianoforte? And is the harpsichord really a piano? Obviously, these are all instruments with...
When did we first start Stage Lighting?
EARLY STAGE LIGHTING Stage lighting design is probably as old as formalized theatre. The early Greeks built their theatres as open air...
Was there TV before Cable?
Of course! And you can thank Marvin Middlemark for the invention of the “rabbit ears” or the “V” TV antennae. Of course, most Millennials...
Do You Know about The First Commercial Videotape Recorder?
Research on recording video on tape was begun in the early 1950's, and Bing Crosby Enterprises demonstrated a prototype system in 1951...
Wired to Wireless
Channel surfing was born more than six decades ago. The first TV remote control, called the “Lazy Bones,” was developed in 1950 by Zenith...
The first Pixel Image
Inspired by the telegraph and photography, many 19th century inventors sought ways to capture, transmit, and view images by electricity....
