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A Complicated Mechanism
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This, one of the earliest "talkies" ever made (1926), was used to introduce AT&T's "Vitaphone" sound motion picture process.
This Was the Sound
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The first transistor in action, doing what a transistor (more about the transistor) does best.
The Plasma Fireball
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A peek behind the scenes at lasers and light fibers, the inventions that made high-speed digital communication possible. Read more about the laser.
The Telephone Dance
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Alexander Graham Bell whoops it up in this 1920 reenactment of the telephone's invention. Read more about the early telephone and A.G. Bell.
First Phone Call from Space
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Telstar, the first active communications satellite, makes it happen. Vice President Johnson gets the call. Read more about the early satellites.
Love that Cellular Technology
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In the days before the cell phone, mobile communication usually resulted in a busy signal. Read more about cellular technology.

