When did the
modern world begin? This is a question that can provoke many arguments with few
answers. There are many events or happenings that contribute to it.
For those
travelling, watching TV or listening to radio or engaged with many activities
they can trace this back to the early 20th Century.
This article from the "Engineer" of 17 December 1909 is
titled "Marconi Wireless Telegraphy" and is written by Mr. G.
Marconi. The number of people at the time who read this may not have been many.
How many more
knew or understood much from reports is a question but probably it may have
seemed to them another toy and something strictly for specialists.
A parlour game
over the holiday to suggest everything that followed from this discovery and
its application might be fun.
Also, it would
be a change from TV, radio, or use of other devices.
Another parlour game might be to speculate on possible outcomes of more recent discoveries. Could highlight how few there are too.
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