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Bruno's article made me realize that we have advanced so far. As stated in the article, the idea of running a telephone line from the West Coast to the East Coast was almost an impossible feat. We can just jump on the internet now and with the help of social networking we can keep in touch with a blink of an eye. Just to think, that establishing communication few kilometers was a great accomplishment. -Paul Kim | Bruno's article made me realize that we have advanced so far. As stated in the article, the idea of running a telephone line from the West Coast to the East Coast was almost an impossible feat. We can just jump on the internet now and with the help of social networking we can keep in touch with a blink of an eye. Just to think, that establishing communication few kilometers was a great accomplishment. -Paul Kim | ||
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| + | I found it fascinating the uses of the mechanical repeaters to be fascinating in this article. Additionally I thought it was interesting that one of Bell's employee's ties to science helped the company as a whole develop even further. Finally, I found the transition of small labs and university labs to large corporate funded laboratories to be the most important change that this article pointed out. This transition led the way for many more break throughs in technology and science and has helped shape the world as we know it today. -Brian Brown | ||
