100 Years in the Past and 100 Years in The Future [Point of View]
Author(s) -
Peter Cochrane
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the ieee
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.383
H-Index - 287
eISSN - 1558-2256
pISSN - 0018-9219
DOI - 10.1109/jproc.2012.2190157
Subject(s) - general topics for engineers , engineering profession , aerospace , bioengineering , components, circuits, devices and systems , computing and processing , engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , fields, waves and electromagnetics , geoscience , nuclear engineering , robotics and control systems , signal processing and analysis , transportation , power, energy and industry applications , communication, networking and broadcast technologies , photonics and electrooptics
My grandfather said that man would never fly, my father said that man would not reach the moon, but I wanted to be a part of both and far more. Only 100 years ago there were no electronic devicesVeverything was electromagnetic, but the scientists and engineers of that time seemed to sense that there was much more to come. And with the invention of the thermionic tube (audion) by De Forest in 1906 the stage was set for everything we now enjoy. So what stage are we setting, and what will my grandson enjoy?
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