|
|
|
| |
|
Communications FAQ Today we are able to send messages around the world in the blink of an eye. Distance means nothing to a phone, FAX or email. But it wasn't always that easy, and how did these forms of communications develop? This show demonstrates the many ways that we use, or used to use, technology to get information from one place to another. We start with simple pictures and then move on to how sound works ands travels. Then its on to long distance communication without electricity and with electricity. We end by demonstrating the future of communication with fiber-optic cables carrying information at the speed of light! What things are used in the show? Many different things are used to demonstrate sound, from tuning forks to music boxes and other sound-making devices. For more modern communications, we use radios, a tesla coil, a modulated laser, and other devices. What do we need to provide? Two (2) six to eight foot long rectangular
tables. |