Digi-Tech

Trace digital technology back to the early 1940s and the first high speed electronic computer. Modern Marvels takes an in-depth look at the rapidly approaching future in places such as MIT´s Media Lab, where tomorrow´s technologies are being developed today, and examines how the iconic room sized WWII-era computers have now been surpassed by miniature handheld devices. A visit to the Zenith headquarters reveals the results of a side by side comparison of regular television and HDTV, while a look into a Cold War-era NASA program illustrates how personal photography is being rapidly transformed today.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 15 September, 2008