Technology 21

By: Samantha Schneider & Caroline Harroun

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At the beginning of the 21st century, Satellite Radio, or digital radio, offered for the first time

near CD-quality music beamed to your radio through space.

The first 1G(first generation) network was launched in the United States in 1983 and multimedia

features, such as e-mail, internet, and data transfer, became standard in the 2000’s.

Word processing, which today is accomplished through programs such as Microsoft Word and

Notepad, began in the 1970’s.

The first electronic computers were developed in the mid-20th century, but modern computers take

up a fraction of the space and are much more capable.

The first radio program broadcast, using the synchronous rotary-spark transmitter, was

started by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.

In March of 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded a master patent for the electric

telephone by the USPTO.

Through three significant inventions, Herman Hollerith created the recording of data on a machine readable medium which led to the

foundation of the modern information processing industry (AKA the computer).

C. Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule invented the first typewriter to be

commercially successful in 1867 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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•The “wheel of life,” or the zoopraxiscope, was the first patented device in America to show motion pictures, however it was not considered true motion picture because of its use of a sequence of still photos taken by 12 stereoscopic cameras

•Edison, using technology similar to his phonograph, introduced the first true American motion picture in 1889

•The motion picture error did not begin until Louis Lumiere developed the first motion picture camera, the Cinematographe ,in 1895

•Edison, however, introduced projected film with the Kinetoscope, and later the improved Vitascope projector

•The first motion pictures shown to an audience in a theater occurred in 1896 in New York

•John Logie Baird is credited with inventing the television in the United Kingdom in 1926

•Original televisions used only 30 lines of resolution while modern devices can do up to 720

•The first color TV was introduced in 1954

•1972 marked the year of the first colored film to be recorded on a disc

•1977-first VCR

•The 1990’s set off many new trends such as the use of computer animation for feature length films, the shift from physical film stock to digital cinema technology, and the advent of DVDs

•The Dark Knight was the first popular film to be shot partially with IMAX technology

•Camera systems used to capture films are shifting from film to HD video cameras

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• Previous to advancements made during the Gilded Age, buildings were limited to 5 stories

• Inventions such as the electric elevator and the use of steel in architectural techniques allowed for adversity, and most importantly height to buildings in cities overcrowded with immigrants and city-dwellers

• The 10-story, 138 foot, Home Insurance Building is considered the first skyscraper, built from 1884-1885 by architect William Le Baron Jenney

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•The tallest building in the United States today is the Willis Tower, commonly known as the Sears Tower, which is in Chicago as well

•The structure was built in 1973 and is 1,451 feet tall with 108 stories

•This, along with many other skyward-reaching buildings, was built using a structural tube system developed by engineer Fazlur Khan in the 1960’s

• Ironically, it was the deviation from the steel frame method that had been used for previous tall buildings that allowed for the advancement in modern architecture

•Skyscrapers contribute not only to a more efficient economy, but also in defining a cities power and identity, just as they did during the Gilded Age

ArticleThe article suggests that

technological innovations is based on the human desire for efficiency and amusement in all aspects of their lives. This has been the central theme since

the Gilded Age, and the similarity between the purpose

behind advancements throughout the different errors

is similar, despite the varying levels to which each time period

has reached.

The world is getting smaller as communication devices such as the

telephone and radio are able to reach farther distances at faster pace, similar to

the effects of communication devices developed during the Gilded Age. Some advancements are practical, but there has always been devices invented for

entertainment as well.

Motion picture began in the Gilded Age, and modern techniques, such as IMAX technology are replacing the older ,less advanced methods just as faster media

sources are being developed.

Architecture is also based on human’s reliance on efficiency and America’s growing population. Just as Chicago answered the needs of the crowded

cities in the Gilded Age, architect today continue to develop better means. The

difference is the artistic element of modern architecture. (especially

skyscrapers)

“America has in fact transformed journalism from what it once was, the periodical expression of the thought of the time, the opportune record of the questions and answers of contemporary life, into an agency for collecting, condensing and assimilating the trivialities of the entire human existence.”

“The telegraph hastened the speed at which news was disseminated. So does the internet. Those in the news business use the new technology at every stage of newsgathering and distribution. A move to electronic distribution—through PCs, mobile phones and e-readers—has started. It seems likely only to accelerate.”