Browsing through eBay can be an educational experience. Last night I saw the history of how we got to where we are today with smartphone video calls. Here is a quick look, in pictures, of course. Some will enlarge when clicked. ~Kevin
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| 1912 - Scientific American |
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| 1914 - Tom Swift |
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| 1914 - Tom Swift graphic |
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| 1931 - A prediction. |
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| 1954 - Caption for Kay Labs "Soundphoto" unit. |
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| 1954 - First commercial video teleconferencing by Kay Labs. |
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| 1964 - Japanese demo at an industrial fair. |
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| 1958 - Toshiba video teleconferencing. |
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| 1964 - Bell System. Demoed at NYC World's Fair. |
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| 1979 - Early teleconferencing. |
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| Today - Apple iPhone FaceTime |
Amazing.
