Category Archives: Tech History

Happy 161st Birthday, Nikola Tesla

Posted on 6 July 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

My greetings to Nikola Tesla, with some additional museum and movie news, on Huffington Post.

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My Original iPhone Reviews, 2007

Posted on 29 June 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

Me and my still-working original iPhone from 2007 Today is the 10th anniversary of Apple’s iPhone going on sale. Back in June/July 2007, I waited online overnight at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan for my original iPhone, then … Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary of CES

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

The first CES took place June 25-28, 1967, and I wrote numerous (admittedly similar) pieces about it for: TWICE – CES Turns 50 Sound & Vision – CES at 50: From Humble Origins to Global Showcase Dealerscope – CES: The Summer … Continue reading →

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Where Old TVs Go to Live

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s my story on Huff Post all about my visit to the Early TV Museum in Hilliard, OH.

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The Day Radio Died

Posted on 6 April 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

The day the U.S. entered World War I a century ago, April 6, 1917, Woodrow Wilson also ended all amateur radio broadcasting in America for more than two years. I told this story on the CTA i3 Blog, which you … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Gadgets of the Last 50 Years

Posted on 1 January 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

  As part of the CES 50th anniversary commemoration, in my role as newly-minted historian for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA, the industry and lobbying group who produce CES), I helped collect around three dozen historically significant gadgets for display. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to TV’s 5th Wave

Posted on 28 March 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

A piece exploring the historical waves of country-dominated TV suppliers over the last 50 years from the U.S. to Europe to Japan to Korea and now, maybe China? – for Digital Technology Consulting. Read on here.

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Happy 125th Birthday, David Sarnoff (David Who?)

Posted on 27 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

It is so frustrating that people even within the consumer electronics industry don’t know who David Sarnoff is. I took the opportunity of his 125th birthday (Feb. 27) to explore Sarnoff’s unparalleled impact on technology for a huge chunk of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Thomas Edison (Nikola Tesla Fans Exempted)

Posted on 11 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

February 11 is Thomas Edison’s birthday, and in this year’s commemoration I report on the sudden surge in Edison vs. Nikola Tesla for re/code.

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The Top 12 Technologies the Year eBay Was Born

Posted on 13 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

eBay was born in 1995, and their editorial folks asked me to ruminate on the technologies that were prevalent that year. You can read the interesting state of 1995 technology here.

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