Forgotten Disruptive Technology Part III
Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Details:
December 5, 12:00-2:00 pm
Modern life has been affected profoundly by many disruptive technologies that do not enjoy a prominent position in most history books such as mechanical clocks, chemical photography, and vibrating styli carrying sound waves. Mechanicals clocks transformed how human activity is organized and made long-distance water travel possible. Chemical photography thrust reality into art and public discourse. Styli vibrating with sound waves made sound recording, the telephone, and voice radio possible. The program with Hank Perritt will discuss all three technologies, the inventors and influencers behind them, and their impact on society.
Hank Perritt: Retired law professor and law dean, author of 25 books and 100 law review articles on law and technology and other subjects. Former member of Telecommunications and Computer Science Board of the National Academic of Sciences. Extra-class radio amateur; commercial helicopter, private instrument airplane, and UAS pilot; patent lawyer.
Open to all.
Location:
The Center
Seats available: 48