The 1960s had been an important time in world history because many major events came to happen. However technology had become more advanced by the day. 15 years after the end of WW2, communications and household compliances had become more progressive and useful to any person of Australia. Colour Television however had been the most impactive of all technology as it conveyed mass media to the public in new and better featured ways. The communities were then influenced by popular culture being spread through television mainly. This influence would effect politics, economy and social attitudes on events. Other major technologies such as LEDS, Computer Mouse, Audio Cassettes and the Telstar Satellite in reference to Television all had a radical change on the public and would also upon future modern day lives. Technology in the 1960s had become a base for future knowledge in technological advances.
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LEDsIn 1907 the British Scientist Henry J. Round had discovered the physical effect of electroluminescence, an electrical and optical phenomenon. The material in itself emits light in response to an electric current passed through it or to a strong electric field. However inn the unfortunate turn of events, the light produced was very dim and not bright enough for further research to occur.
Nick Holonyak Jr in 1962 had produced the first visible spectrum LED light and was red in colour. LED stands for Light Emitting Diode, and Holonyak had gained his nickname "Father of the Light Emitting Diode."However the first LED lights had still not been bright enough for daily use within the public in the light of day. So, the LEDs had mainly been used as indicator lights for Military use. How had this effected future growth? Initially the first visible LED was created in 1962, Holonyak taking credit for his work. but ten years later one of his students M. George Craford had invented the first yellow LED and went to produce a much brighter light. Throughout the years new colours were available and LEDs were powerful enough to be used in household items such as calculators, digital watches etc. Eventually throughout the 80s and 90s much more powerful LEDs had been built and used in various industrial applications, an example being HI-FI equipment. The LED had affected the modern world today at huge rate as many items today use the standard concept of LED technology. This invention in the 60s had set up the future for a more efficient and cheap source of light. |
Telstar SatelliteThe first two Telstar Satellites had been experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 had been launched upon a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10th 1962. The Satellite had successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and fax images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. The Telstar satellite had been responsible for the first satellite broadcast. Telstar which had belonged to telecommunications giant AT and T was launched by Nasa at exactly 4.35am on July 10th 1962 and had relayed the first television picture from earth to space and back. Later that same day, a transmission of the American flag being waved in front of the Earth Station in Andover Maine had been seen by the hundreds of thousands of people who owned a Television Set.
How had this effected future growth? The Telstar satellite had the ability to broadcast television throughout the world and had done so. From this technology concerning satellites or broadcasting technology has boomed. Mass media being a massive part of popular culture mainly is seen through television and broadcasted services. The 1960s had been a golden era for new technological advances concerning Television. In modern day, more advanced and quick technologies to do with satellites had been invited from inspiration of the tiny satellite that mad e the big world a little smaller. Aswell Telstar, a collaboration between the US, French and British broadcasting agencies had created an economic relation between the nations creating a bridge for future contact in concern with Television technologies. |
Computer MouseIn 1964, Douglas Engelbart had created the first "Mouse" was created and was designed to fit neatly into the palm of a user. Engelbart had changed the way computers worked, from specialised machinery that only a trained scientist could use to a user friendly tool that almost anyone could use. The mouse itself consisted of a wooden shell, circuit board and two metal wheels that cam into contact with the surface it was being used on.
Engelbart had stated that: "In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world." This quote had enforced how the Mouse would affect the future and technology by side computers and mouses. Therefore from this quote, Engelbart was intelligent enough to make this statement in knowing his creation would affect the modern world we live in today. How has this affected future growth? The Mouse had been a radical change in the technology world as its concept would have allowed anyone who used a computer to control any aspects allowed. However, because of its lack of success, the first widely used mouse is the mouse found on the Apple Lisa computer. but within this, the first mouse had influenced the touch pads and mouses used today on products such as desktop computers or smartphones. In comparison to the other technological advances the mouse has not exactly advanced at high rate as modern day ones till use a similar concept but with a flashier design. However the mouse has led to other major innovations sed broadly in the modern world. |
Audio CassetteThe first Audio Cassette had been created in 1962 by "Phillips company." Originally it had been named the "Compact Cassette." Initially, the first recorders had not been of very high quality and not a very popular option for listening to music. However through the 1970s, the quality had gotten much better and eventually it became a very popular way to listen to music.Typically used by small battery-powered versatile players that could be carried anywhere. It had a reversible housing with maximum tape protection allowing 30 or 45 minutes of stereo music per side.
The cassette itself was very scientific in the way it functioned. The technology behind them were that the oxide particles themselves themselves do not move during recording. Rather their magnetic domains are reoriented by the magnetic field from the tape head. Tape heads for stereo cassette tapes must record on two tracks simultaneously. How had this affected future growth? The Cassette had been a major technological advance in the 1960s as it had helped spread media and popular culture in a new way. Coming from a history of different forms of Cassettes, "Phillips" had invented a piece of history that would have afftected the modern world today. Effectively, the cassette had helped publicise the music industry and keep music with you and be able to broadcast music to much larger groups of people at a much faster rate. The Cassette had aswell created a chain for future audio devices that would have had better quality in terms of music and its physical appearance as it was smaller and easier to carry around with you. So the Cassette had been a amazing piece of technology and it had set off the mark for good quality music technology. |