Ludicrous Ideas

Telephone was one of the greatest discoveries of the world. It changed the way we did almost everything. The only problem remained that the telephone had to be wired. There after set in a revolution that introduced mobile phones.

Dr.Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone and made the world’s first mobile phone call on April 3rd, 1973. However there is a controversy over who invented the mobile phones and cellular systems. Archives also suggest that American Telephone & Telegraph discussed developing a wireless phone in 1915. Yet they were afraid of using this technology as it could have eaten up into its customer base of landline telephones. The first cellular telephone system was made operational in Tokyo in 1979. In the United States, the first system became operational in 1983 in Chicago.Mobile phones proliferated and got combined with various other devices like clocks, calculators and so on. It was the ability to transfer data which permitted the marriage of the cell phone with the internet. The day is not very far when almost all communications in the world will become wireless.

Digital Guitar Format of music has changed all of a sudden with the arrival of the Computers and Internet.

Gone are the vinyl records and magnetic cassettes. We now have the mp3 and mp4 formats. Along with the new digital format of songs even musical intsruments are undergoing a change. New digital instruments have been invented which will change the way we make music forever in the days to come.Digital music files like MP3s and digital music players like the iPod have already been invented. So why not have digital chips in our instruments itself. The idea which appealed to inventors was to why not create music with a digital instrument in the first place? In January 2004, Gibson became the first musical-instrument maker to release an electric guitar. The guitar has a digitizing microprocessor and circuit board built right within the instrument itself. The manner in which the instrument operates is by conversion of analog signals to digital signals. When the strings are strummed the analog signal is converted to digital format. The digital file is then sent to an ethernet connection attached to the guitar. The sound is amplified and reproduced.The resulting music is very clear. It is expected that a departure from traditional instruments to digital instruments will take place in the days to come.

We have always innovated the way we handle our music. The late 20^th Century saw the evolution of the music from Cassettes and Vinyl Records to CDs. The way music is stored also gradually changed from CD Audio to MP 3 format. The iPod changed the way we carry and listen our music.

Tony Fadell, an independent inventor, suggested the commercial idea of an iPod. He suggested a combination of an MP3 Player, a music sale service to complement it and a strong company to launch it. Apple hired Fadell in early 2001. He was given a team of about 30 people. This team included designers, programmers and hardware engineers. They worked day and night to launch the I Pod. The first I Pod was launched on 23 October 2001.

Ever since then iPod has been sold to more than a million customers. The iTunes facilitates online storage and retrieval. The iPod totally transformed they way we carry and listen to music. A number of versions have been launched. It is now possible to download and watch entire new movies on the iPod. This has been one of the greatest inventions of the modern times.