Re:Fax Machine

[P3D Jan Gjessing <gjessing@xxxxx>]

(From digest 1926)
>  And wasn't the facimile machine invented in the late 1800's?
>I seem to recall that from the great British show "How Things
>Work".
>
>Greg E.

I don't remember the exact date, but yes... a precursor to today's fax 
machines was invented quite some time ago.  You can read all about it,
and 
other interesting invention histories, in the book,   "They All
Laughed...
>From Light Bulbs to Lasers: The Fascinating Stories Behind the Great 
Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives,"  by Ira Flatow. 
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1992. 

Unfortunately, this book included nothing about stereophotography.

Chuck Field

Just from memory I think I recall that the fax machine was invented in
France maybe as early as 1869(?) or somewhat later and the first real
demonstration was a successful transmission from Paris to Lyon. Where
does it all this lead to then?

Try this link:

http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/projects/faxing/

and you will discover the ongoing work with a true 3D fax machine that
deliver real hard copy (volumetric) output! 

Then, try to figure out when the 3D hard copy fax machine was invented!

I guess that both the 3D holographic fax machine has been invented some
years ago.
This might also be true for the 3D lenticular fax machine too.

Jan Gjessing


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