First Phone Was Used By Women Back in 1922

http://gizmodo.com/5548245/first-phone-was-used-by-women-way-back-in-1922

This is an interesting film dug up by the British Pathé shot in 1922 representing a "mobile phone" used on the street. The women basically wrap a wire around a fire hydrant (for power maybe?) and open an umbrella with wires wrapped around it (representing an antenna of some sorts) to make a call to an operator somewhere else. I really do recommend that you watch the short film if you have a chance- its actually pretty cool.

The reason why I chose to share this article is because it reminds me of the many concepts in class dealing with the use of technologies/ conceptions of possible future technologies that seemed inconceivable at the time, but have eventually manifested themselves into reality today. Remember that video of a 'home computer' with the woman doing all the shopping online, and the man paying his bills all at home? This video beats that one by a mile, as it's in black and white, and shot in silent film format (sound wasn't introduced in film till 1930). Once again we find evidence of some crazy idea (a cell phone) that was thought of long before it became reality.