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Another brick in the wall
Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 06/01/2014
» Advances in mobile telephony can be traced over successive generations from the early "0G" services to today's 4G technology.
Rotary clubbed
Published on 06/01/2014
» Dating back many decades, the classic telephone featured a circular, spinning dial, or finger wheel, in its middle.
Projectors are out of the picture
Yanapon Musiket, Published on 06/01/2014
» When typewriters were still needed for school papers and reports and photographs were still in the form of film, the slide projector was an essential piece of equipment.
Over-exposed
Panumas Sanguanwong, Published on 06/01/2014
» The bankruptcy of the photographic film manufacturing giant Kodak in 2012 reflects the plunge in use of film-based cameras.
Wherefore art thou, Roneo?
Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 06/01/2014
» Once a must-have apparatus for every office where document reproduction was required, the Roneo machine has now become obsolete technology.
Key development
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/01/2014
» An old man sits at his desk and presses the letters S, U, N, D, A and Y on a typewriter keyboard and the word "SUNDAY" appears on a sheet of paper attached to it. His old machine makes a clackety-clack-clack sound.
I ... MISS ... YOU
Published on 06/01/2014
» About 20 years ago, a Bangkok native left home to work in Ubon Ratchathani province. One day, a postman came to knock on his door and told him: "You have received a telegram from Bangkok".
Newsroom chatter
Published on 06/01/2014
» On Feb 24, 1991, around 9am in Bangkok, the telex machine rang loudly. Reporters and editors on duty rushed to the telex machines to see what was happening in the world.
Stop the press
Published on 06/01/2014
» As recently as 30 years ago, most daily newspapers in Thailand were printed by letterpress, a 15th-century printing technology invented by Johannes Gutenberg.
The Past Is Present
Published on 06/01/2014
» Modern technology changes our lives dramatically. Many of our routines in recent years have disappeared or are fading.