This exhibit was interesting. I liked how they had little flash movies to explain how things work. I am pretty familiar with how cameras and recording sound work but to see how the television worked was new to me. Some of the newer televisions boggle my mind and I can only imagine what television sets [...]
Living in the 1850s
To live in the 1850s would be impossible when compared to today. Nowadays we depend on technologies to do everything like keep our houses warm, our cars to go to and from places, our Internet and TV to keep us entertained. But back then they had none of this. I think if I were living [...]
TECHlab: Electricity
This exhibit was very cool! It gives alot of information about electricity and how it came to be as well as some history on the television computer and even nuclear energy. I never knew that ancient greeks knew about electricity or that it was believed by some to be the “soul”. I am just amazed [...]
The computer
There are many various forms of media technology and the most mainstream ones today have undergone radical changes from their original inception. The TV and radio began as a means of broadcasting information and now, for the most part, have become a marketing tool for companys to spread both their messages and their products. The [...]
Piracy….Arrrr!
With the advent of software like Napster, internet piracy became out of control. It is by far the most commonly known and associated with illegal introduction to file transferring. No longer were people confined to buying CD’s or other mediums for content. At the time people could share music worldwide and not have to pay [...]
