February 18, 1993
The world's first fax machine was patented in 1843 by Alexander Bain. He came from a remote croft in Caithness in Scotland and, fo...Read more
February 25, 1993
The Colosseum in Rome is thought to have had a lift to carry the Emperor Nero to his balcony. By the 18th century, Mr Villayer was...Read more
March 4, 1993
The name 'Word Processor' was invented by IBM. Their first machines were very difficult to use because they had no screen. A draft...Read more
March 11, 1993
A Scottish chemist called Joseph Swann tried passing electricity through fine wires (filaments) to make them glow white hot in 186...Read more
March 18, 1993
James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, patented the first copying machine, because of the disastrous inaccuracies that had ...Read more
March 25, 1993
Today, over 50% of jobs are in offices, but 160 years ago the figure was only 1%, and the only office workers were 'Dickensian' cl...Read more