Technology

On October 17, 1907, Guglielmo Marconi’s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. This service, also [...]

On October 17, 1888, Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph with images only 1/32 inch wide. Edison’s claim is that it will  ‘do for the eye what the phonograph does [...]