{"title":"Looking back to electric cars","authors":"M. Guarnieri","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487583","url":null,"abstract":"Very early experimental electric cars appeared just after electromagnetism was discovered, in 1820. During the nineteenth century they underwent improvements, staying in advance of internal combustion engines. A breakthrough came with the inventions of the rechargeable battery and of powerful and efficient electric motors, around 1870. Electrics peaked around the turn of the century, when they hold 38% of the automobile market in the US, compared with 40% of steam and 22% internal combustion. Their decline started in the second decade of the twentieth century when the internal combustion engine had a major boost, thanks to important advancements in the infrastructure, product and production technologies.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123262344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emil Stöhrer and the development of electrical motor technology in the 1840s","authors":"F. Dittmann, J. Hagmann","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487579","url":null,"abstract":"After the discovery of the basic laws of electrophysics, many scientists, inventors, and mechanics ventured their work in this new field of physics. Among them was a Leipzig based mechanic Emil Stöhrer who is widely unknown today. However, in particular through a series of articles in prominent scientific journals, his work became known in the scientific community during his lifetime. This paper gives an introduction to his life and work in electrophysics.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121141583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical telegraphy in Russia: 1794–1854","authors":"V. Shilov, V. Kitov, Y. Nazarov","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487576","url":null,"abstract":"The article examines the history of optical telegraphy in Russia and describes some main projects of Russian inventors.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134539159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"History of technology and education: The role of associations","authors":"M. Geselowitz","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487581","url":null,"abstract":"Professional associations of scientists or engineers often have an interest in the heritage of their fields of interest. These associations often have formal history units, which can range from a handful of older volunteers to a full - fledged operation employing professional historians. Although some associations may support or even engage in primary research, their overwhelming interest is in public history. These associations hope to make known to the general public the history of their organization, its members, their professions, and related sciences and technologies for a range of reasons that are discussed in the paper. IEEE is used as an example.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133363037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using history of technology to promote an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions among practitioners at the university level","authors":"J. Vardalas, M. Geselowitz","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487582","url":null,"abstract":"The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the primary accreditation organization for post-secondary engineering and technology departments in the United States, requires that all engineering curriculum include courses that teach students about the relationship between engineering practice and society. This paper first argues that many engineering schools are having difficulty meeting this requirement in a meaningful way. This paper then argues that history offers a wonderful stage on which to illustrate the engineering-society relationships. This paper then goes to present the results of the IEEE History Center's efforts to develop history of technology courses for engineering students.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128411445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Historic phonetic devices in the education in electrical engineering and information technology","authors":"R. Hoffmann, D. Mehnert","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487568","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with some experiences with the application of historic phonetic devices in the education in engineering. The exhibits are part of the historic acoustic-phonetic collection (HAPS) of the Dresden University. This collection demonstrates the development of experimental phonetics and speech technology in Germany from the beginning at the end of the 19th century until the introduction of the computer in speech processing. Selected application examples are demonstrated for sound production, sound recording, sound analysis, and sound synthesis.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129212924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The rise and Fall of the military wavemeter: British military wavemeters of the 20th century","authors":"A. Davies","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487564","url":null,"abstract":"The instruments used in the 20th Century to measure and set frequencies for the communications needs of land, sea and air forces are reviewed, with the aid of some examples of historic wavemeters used by British military units. The designs reflect the rapid advances in theory and practice of radio and electronics, stimulated particularly by World War 1, World War 2 and the Cold War, and illustrate how the methods and equipment used for frequency measurement changed dramatically, with progress from spark transmitters to microwave precision navigation systems.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122727960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Setting up the basis for Region 8","authors":"J. Lebel","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487569","url":null,"abstract":"What follow are my personal recollections (fifty years old and more) of IRE/IEEE activities to which I participated: The creation of Fairfield IRE subsection in Connecticut. The creation of IRE sections in Switzerland and France . The creation of IEEE European region. My term as IEEE Director (1965-66).","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124957518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NE picture transmission device","authors":"T. Nagata, O. Kamei, I. Ishii","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487572","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe the creation of the NE picture transmission device (the precursor of the modern day facsimile machine) in 1928, which was in the early Showa Era. The device's creation was all the more marvelous because Japan was at a much lower technological level than other advanced countries. This paper contains a brief overview of the device compared with similar ones at that time and covers the device's technological significance. Facsimile, Electricity to light Conversion, Technological History.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131464574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marconi's diktats. How Italian international wireless policy was shaped by a private company, 1903–1911","authors":"G. Balbi","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487559","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless telegraphy, born in late 19th century, was regulated at international level very soon in two conferences both held in Berlin in 1903 and 1906. These conferences were organized by Germany in order to break up the British Marconi Company's monopoly. Germany, France and U.S.A. opposed this trust, while U.K. and Italy defended it for different reasons. This paper aims to identify the political, economic, technical, and social reasons that led, or in some cases forced, Italy to protect Marconi's interests at international level. This defensive strategy put the country at the center either of the international debate on wireless, or of the Marconi Company's global strategy.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115113270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}