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Historical Thursday: Hugo Gernsback and The Isolator


About a century ago, futuristic technology and writings of space travel became one of the foremost forms of print media. After publications of science fiction stories first became popular in Germany and Sweden, American writer Hugo Gernsback put together Amazing Stories , the first the first English magazine dedicated to the genre

 

 

Historical Thursday: The Theatrophone


For this month’s final Historical Thursday, we’re going to discuss a similar topic as last week ; mind-boggling inventions that are decades ahead of their time. Recently, an article has been making it’s way around the tubes that delves into the history of how people could enjoy live music without being anywhere near it. While we might have found it revolutionary that we can listen to music on our phones, it turns out this is no where near a recent invention