Technology Over Time

  • Thomas Edison's Phonograph

    Thomas Edison's Phonograph
    In 1877, Thomas Edison created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback.
  • Gramophone

    Gramophone
    A gramophone is a old-fashioned term for a record player.
  • Portable Stereo

    Portable Stereo
    A small portable radio.
  • Audio Cassette Tape

    Audio Cassette Tape
    An Audio Cassette Tape is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
  • 8-Track Tapes

    8-Track Tapes
    An 8-Track Tape is a magnetic tape sound recording technology that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, when the Compact Cassette Track took over.
  • Digital Audio Recording

    Digital Audio Recording
    It picks up a microphone or other transducer or video signals picked up by a camera or a similar device are converted into a steam of discrete numbers, representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, and chroma and luminance values for videos.
  • Portable CD Player

    Portable CD Player
    It is a portable audio player used to play compact discs.
  • Portable Transistor Radio

    Portable Transistor Radio
    A Portable Transistor Radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry.