The History of Television Through the Pages of Popular Science Magazine

By Michael Silbergleid

This is a FANTASTIC piece. A must read. Here’s a sample of the open:

“The Jetsons promised us flying cars and sentient robots by 2062. 2001: A Space Odyssey promised galactic travel – beyond today’s dinky power wheels stuck in mud up in Mars – that’s now already a decade overdue. And while I’ve jumped into damn near 300 hot tubs since I first saw the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine, Duran Duran is still socially unacceptable listening. Technology has totally failed us. Except for the television.”

Read Jordan Zakarin’s piece at http://tv.gawker.com/5493740/the-history-of-television-through-the-pages-of-popular-science-magazine