1. 1. Futurist Slidecast Lee De Forest By: Lindsay Stitt Class: History 3UA3 Professor: Dr. Egan Due: February 27, 2014
2. 2. Lee De Forest
3. 3. Argument
4. 4. Historical Context Heinrich Hertz
5. 5. The Audion- 1906
6. 6. The Audion- a futurist?Lee De Forest with his invention, the audion
7. 7. From the audion, comes
8. 8. A symbol of futuristic values
9. 9. Futurists never take breaks Spread and popularization of wireless technologies
10. 10. Dreams of the television
11. 11. Role of patronage -Need funding to improvetelevision -Need to improve television to get funding
12. 12. The business of futurists
13. 13. Patronage, Futurism and De Forest
14. 14. De Forest and the Television
15. 15. From Guttenberg to De Forest
16. 16. Failed Futurism?
17. 17. Skeptics
18. 18. Skeptics Refuted
19. 19. So, what is a futurist again?
20. 20. Contributions and Implications
21. 21. Where do we go from here?