Chapter 1
The sparks of modern media
Chapter 2
Shockwaves in art and literature
Chapter 3
Headlines that shook the world
Chapter 4
Showstoppers and silent screens
YOUR GOAL
Master of The year the modern world clicked
Ch 1 · The sparks of modern media
schopenhauer The 1907 Picture Telegraph
Photos on a wire, Paris to London, making the morning news.
schopenhauer French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière launched Autochrome, the first commercially successful color photography process.
schopenhauer Lee de Forest patented the Audion vacuum tube, which could amplify weak electrical signals and make long-distance radio possible.
BETA
schopenhauer Solve the vintage trivia to discover what people were chatting about in 1907.
Fun Fact
Early television: In 1907, the word 'television' was only seven years old, having been coined at the 1900 Paris World's Fair.
Glossary
audion (noun)
An early electronic vacuum tube used to detect and amplify radio signals. In 1907, inventor Lee de Forest patented the device, enabling early radio broadcasts of live music.
An early electronic vacuum tube used to detect and amplify radio signals. In 1907, inventor Lee de Forest patented the device, enabling early radio broadcasts of live music.
Quiz
What common kitchen ingredient did the Lumière brothers use as color filters in their 1907 Autochrome photography process?
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In what year did the Lumière brothers first commercially launch their groundbreaking Autochrome color photography plates?
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The Audion, patented by Lee de Forest in 1907, was a revolutionary vacuum tube designed to do what to electrical signals?
schopenhauer The Lumière brothers invent the first practical color photography process
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Which component did Lee de Forest add to the existing vacuum tube design to create the Audion triode in 1907?
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Which device did Russian physicist Boris Rosing patent in 1907 to act as the receiver and display for early television?
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Who was Boris Rosing's famous student who helped him in his lab and later went on to invent the iconoscope television camera?
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How did passengers on London's 1907 Electrobuses describe their riding experience compared to contemporary steam or petrol buses?
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In 1907, which city launched the world's first fleet of battery-electric public transit buses, known as 'Electrobuses'?