1950s Expert: TV Technology Will MOVE MATTER!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In the early days of television, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, there was a great deal of fascination with the possibilities of emerging technologies. The rapid advancements in broadcasting technology, combined with a popular imagination fueled by science fiction, led to speculation about the future potential of television and other forms of electronic communication. One of the more intriguing speculations was that, perhaps someday, science might develop a way to move matter or "teleport" objects using TV broadcast technology.
During that time television was a revolutionary technology. The ability to transmit moving images across great distances was groundbreaking and sparked the imagination of both scientists and the general public. At the same time, the Space Race and rapid developments in science and technology during this period led to a sense of optimism and curiosity about the future.
Popular science fiction, such as "Star Trek" (first aired in 1966), explored concepts like teleportation and beaming, where characters could be dematerialized and reassembled instantaneously in another location. This imaginative leap prompted real-world speculation about whether similar technologies could be developed.
There was a belief as expressed by this man, selling TV, that because television could transmit images and sounds, a future version could transmit physical objects or even people. This idea was largely based on a misunderstanding of what TV technology actually did-transmitting electromagnetic waves that were interpreted as audio and video by a receiver.
The 1950s and 60s were also a time when atomic theory and quantum mechanics were becoming more widely understood, albeit still in their infancy in terms of public knowledge. Some speculators conflated the mysteries of quantum physics, like particle-wave duality and the concept of entanglement, with the potential for moving objects via radio waves or television signals.
One of the fundamental principles of physics is the conservation of mass and energy. For matter to be "teleported," it would need to be disassembled at a molecular or atomic level, transmitted as information, and then reassembled perfectly at a destination. This would require a precise understanding and control of matter at an atomic scale that we do not possess.
Modern science has explored the concept of quantum teleportation, but this is very different from the popular notion of teleporting physical objects or people. Quantum teleportation involves the transfer of quantum state information between particles over a distance, not the transmission of the particles themselves. It relies on quantum entanglement and does not involve moving matter in the conventional sense.
TV broadcast technology relies on electromagnetic waves to transmit information (audio and video) encoded in these waves. These waves do not have the capacity to transmit matter itself. To move matter, one would need to either convert the matter into a form that can be transmitted (which science currently cannot do) or use some other method entirely.
The energy requirements for disassembling and reassembling matter, particularly complex matter like living organisms, would be astronomical. Additionally, the technology to store and transmit the vast amount of information contained in even a small amount of matter, like a human body, would be far beyond anything that exists or is currently conceivable.
While the speculation of the 1950s and 60s about moving matter using TV broadcast technology reflects the optimistic and imaginative spirit of that era, modern science tells us that such a concept remains firmly in the realm of science fiction. The principles of physics, our current understanding of matter and energy, and the capabilities of existing technology suggest that moving matter via television or any electromagnetic broadcast is not possible. However, these speculations continue to inspire innovative thinking and exploration of new frontiers in science and technology.
I’m still waiting for my flying car, let alone my transporter beam. 🤣
Flying cars could easily be a reality. They've prototyped the technology many times already. The problem is that you might notice that 80% of drivers are what you might call a "braindead idiot." And that is with non-flying cars. Now add in the Y axis and give the average person a flying car and you're going to see CHAOS.
Most folks can barely become a driver let alone a pilot.
@@TexasGreed True, but you and I are smart so there’s no reason we shouldn’t have one.
Reminds me of Star Trek again when a crew member was in a dire situation or wanted to go somewhere else in space, they'd get in a glass encased capsule and tell Scotty " Beam me up!" And that person would later be seen elsewhere-- on another planet or the like. Loved the catch phrase "Beam me up Scotty!" I still say that today.😊
Yes, that capsule was called a “transporter.” Not yet…❤
I can't help but love the phrase ☺️❤
This is another gem I am glad to be reminded of. Thank you Mr. Hoffman ✨
I love that guy's voice. He did a lot of narration back then. Transporting matter made me think of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...the boy who wanted to be on TV, and ended up in the TV. 🤭
I couldn't agree more, Mike Teevee 😂 🌞✨
@@MGMG-lc2fe 🙌🤣 That darn kid!!🏵️
I'm reminded of the 1969 stylish and futuristic kitchen table/computer/recipe storage device. the Honeywell Kitchen Computer
In the winter of 1969, the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog offered to computerize your kitchen. Cooking up a gourmet holiday meal will be a snap, the department store promised. Push a few buttons, and - presto! - a shiny orange-red, white, and black machine will compute the perfect five-course meal. No more silly culinary errors. It was a gimmick, it did exist but they never sold any of that particular model
I wonder if it's commercials like these, that inspired Gene Roddenberry to have transporters in Star Trek. Some of the wild and optimistic ideas that they had back then.
Right now we've only managed to teleport just small particles on a quantum level. We're probably still centuries away, before transporting matter is a thing...or maybe it might never happen.
@@stephanieamare Really liked your comment. Who's to say what might happen?
Gene Roddenberry got his idea from the movie "forbidden planet". Fact! Kinda ripped someone else's idea.
@@user-il4br8du1s If he did, that's called poetic license. 🙂 IDK but I remember that movie. So many movies inspired tv shows so who's to say? I see a lot of old movies that have morphed into new ones. Did you know that no one owns a title to a book or movie? There are only so many plots. Star Wars has the same plot as The Wizard of Oz. Think about it. Girl needs to go home. Witch. Flying monkeys. The tin man. The scarecrow. The lion. The wizard. / And in Star Wars, girl needs to get home. Darth Vader. Han Solo. Chewbacca. Storm troopers and C3PO and R2D2.
@@SherryHill-k5y Very true. Roddenberry admitted to the forbidden planet. As I watched that movie it dawned on me that was where he got the idea. Then I read an interview on him and he mentioned that movie.
@@user-il4br8du1s Thanks for writing. I didn't mean to sound snarky about The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars but you can tell the idea was used. Glad we both like sci-fi!! Thanks again.
I love the description
The description is amazing! ❤
Its only a matter of time, gravity, inertia, and light plasma?
But doesn't he know what happened to Mike Teavee?
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Its cool that it showed a helicopter because in the 50s helicopter were cutting edge technology as well.
They did in the movie “Time line”
I’m waiting for a driverless Uber. I had a conversation recently with a driver who believes this will be < 5-10 years. He’s looking for another line of work. Still more than a few bugs to work out with the driverless cars, tho’ IMO.
Yeah I'm working on that transporter system now having a few difficulties like every time I put a dog in there he comes back like hamburger
Sister of that< picture. Wow faster pizza 😯
Did he predict the Shart technology that would be used to edit old TV programs into attention span destroying bites, cropping out over half the picture for the people too stupid to rotate their phones and plaster them with useless flashing hardcoded subtitles?
Teleport Electricity across the world??? From battery storage to battery storage 🙃
We were promised jet packs by the Jetsons in childhood. Where are they??
Who promised that? I do recall the telephone company telling us that by 1964 we would have "picture phone" so we could see who we were talking to.
That was when America was greater, correct? Thanks to this invention I get to see you on my phone in 2024 when America is at its greatest. Thank you Americans of then.
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Welp, so much for that!