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Discusses offshore communications explaining the principle of troposcatter, discovered in 1933 by Marconi, which bounces radio waves off the troposphere, the lowest layer of the earth’s atmosphere. The...
Duration: April 2015 - March 2016 Funded by: Connecting Europe Facility - Telecommunications Partner(s): Europeana and the entire Europeana network of domain, thematic and national aggregators,...
Traces the development of telecommunications from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century showing that it did not just ‘happen’ but was pushed and moulded by many interest groups (including...
Explores how contemporary telephone exchanges use switching devices to route calls and in particular how the number of switches and interconnections can be optimised ot produce the most economic system. The...
Shows the complete manufacturing processes of optical fibres and shows examples of the uses of fibre optics in communications.*
Many technical problems remain in Berlin after reunification. Looks at how engineers are overcoming difficulties in telephones, energy, public transport and other technical systems.
Examines technical choices for the makers of future tv systems working on wide screens (HDTV or high-definition television). The major materials issue is the production of satisfactory silicon layers on the...
A video-based distance-learning package based on the IEE Vacation School held at Southampton University in July 1990. The course is a comprehensive review of a range of topics affecting present and future...
The 1982/83 Faraday Lecture presented on behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Shows how Michael Faraday and his discovery of electromagnetic induction, with today’s understanding of the...
Four Muscovites from different generations talk about how the collapse of communism in Russia has changed their lives. Stories range from that of a grandmother who shares a small flat with her son and his...
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