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Blog Post #2: FM System Taking Education to a New Level

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An FM Radio station, to us, is our chance to catch up with the “hottest hits,” or breaking news. But for some people, Frequency Modulation (FM) has the power to change their lives. According to class lecture, in 1933, Edwin Armstrong got a patent for inventing the FM Radio. His technique was to modulate the frequency instead of modulating the amplitude. What’s the difference? Well, by modulating the frequency instead of the amplitude, FM was able to produce a clearer sound without any static in the background. At the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, an investigation was conducted to see the potential benefits of an FM system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, or both disorders. The study was conducted with 11 children from the ages of birth-12 years old, both males and females. The children with these disorders all tend to display abnormal responses to sensory input. In the study it states, “Processing of auditory information is absolutely
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The Age of Movies

As an inevitable Netflix binger, I could never imagine having to go to a building and watch The Office through a peephole. In 1888, Thomas Edison conceived the video projector, but it was 13 years later when his assistant, William Dickson, invented the Kinetoscope and showed the first silent film to a NY audience. Sadly, this had to be watched 1 by 1 through a peephole. It wasn’t until one year later, in 1896, when Edison invented the Vitascope that actually projected films. According to class lecture, it was said that less people go every week, to the movies, than they did 70 years ago, yet box office sales rose historically because of the increased ticket prices and inflation. But despite this, video and movie quality keeps advancing. It is amazing to see how far we have come; from having no sound and projector, to having the first 4-D films being made.
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