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Now, you know that I am not immune to a shiny new tech gadget. However, the sheer amount of…well, see, I was going to write coverage, but most of it hasn’t been coverage, it’s been pure speculation…regarding Apple’s iPad has brought out the mischievous skeptic in me. So, on the week of the big launch, WTP decided to do…absolutely nothing. You’ve got a million other places to read the opinions for and against, and you know where to find the tech specs. I haven’t held one, I haven’t taken it for a test drive, and so I withhold judgment until I do. There. Now, let’s move on.
Instead, we’re going to reach far back into the past to hear about a piece of technology that truly did revolutionize life. Here you see the first known photograph of a moving image produced by Scottish engineer and inventor John Logie Baird’s “televisor,” the forerunner to the television. The highlight of this week’s podcast is a wonderful trip down technology’s memory lane, as we take stock of the impacts that television has had on us all. It includes an interview with Baird’s grandson!!
Here are some other links that may be of interest from WTP 275:
- Pictures from Komla Dumor’s reporting trip to Gitata in Nigeria
- Video: Nick Higham assesses Finland’s broadband roll-out
- More on mobile 3D TV
Also, I mentioned at the top of the podcast that I’m also hosting Talking Travel, a podcast that takes you to those fascinating places where travel and the news intersect. Along for the ride is Lonely Planet (you may have heard of their guide books?). In episode five, for example, we had a great talk about Haiti.
Don’t forget, my colleague Rhitu Chatterjee’s got a great World Science Forum discussion going right now. You can ask Charles Darwin’s great great grandson some questions about his famous relative. Click here to join the discussion.
The music this week was provided by Dave Asma, aka Spunkshine. Check out the funkalicious new album, Brotherhood of Good Explosions.
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