30 stories - from telegraph cables to data glasses
Herausgegeben von Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
2018. 176 S. 81 farbige und 24 s/w-Abbildungen. 259 mm
Verlag/Jahr: BE.BRA VERLAG 2018
ISBN: 3-89809-144-9 (3898091449)
Neue ISBN: 978-3-89809-144-2 (9783898091442)
Extraordinary stories from the lives of these "network things" elucidate the cultural and technical background of the networking phenomenon.A life without technical networks? Hard to imagine! Information and communication networks have taken on greater and greater importance in our lives. This book unites 30 historical and contemporary objects which people have used to network among themselves and to exchange information: from the telegraph cable to data eyeglasses. Extraordinary stories from the lives of these "network things" elucidate the cultural and technical background of the networking phenomenon.