PickVidsThe touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!
Why it was recommended
it'll pop up with a giant, confident answer of 1984, despite the fact that if you do the research yourself you can find the first patent for it was filed in 1954.
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What it covers
Technology Connections explains how touch lamps work and traces them back through patents to the 1950s, far earlier than most people assume. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.
Video details
- Channel
- Technology Connections
- Length
- 17 min 24 sec
- Year
- 2020
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