From April 12 through May 11, 2012, a special exhibition of artifacts from The Sarnoff Collection was presented in the TCNJ Library to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, an event in which David Sarnoff played a significant role. Below are texts and images from that exhibition. In 1912, Sarnoff… Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Opens on October 2
On October 2, TCNJ opened a major exhibition that explores the state’s pioneering contributions to the electronics industry. Innovations That Changed the World traces the history of telecommunications from the invention of radio to the dawn of information age using objects drawn from TCNJ’s David Sarnoff Collection. This world-class assemblage of artifacts, named after the… Continue Reading
Mercer Makes: Innovation & Technology in the Capital County–a daylong symposium at TCNJ, October 4
TCNJ will be the site of the daylong symposium “Mercer Makes: Innovation and Technology in the Capital County” to be held on Friday, October 4, from 8:300 to 4:30 in the Education Building, Room 212. The program will include presentations by Dr. Benjamin Gross and Dr. Alexander Magoun that will examine the history of RCA… Continue Reading
IEEE Foundation Awards Major Grant to Sarnoff Collection at TCNJ
The College of New Jersey is pleased to announce that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Foundation has awarded a grant of $19,800 for the establishment of a new study center in connection with TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection. The IEEE is the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology, and the IEEE… Continue Reading
Sarnoff Consultant Ben Gross on RCA and LCDs
IEEE Spectrum magazine article by Dr. Benjamin Gross, consulting scholar for the Sarnoff Collection, “How RCA Lost the LCD.” RCA owned the early patents but failed to commercialize the liquid crystal display. For the full article click here. Continue Reading
TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection Featured at International History Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland
The Sarnoff Collection was featured at Artefacts, an international conference of historians of science and technology. The conference, hosted by the National Museums of Scotland, took place October 7 to 9, 2012 and showcased projects that place scientific and technical objects into a global context. Dr. Benjamin Gross, the Sarnoff Collection’s lead historical consultant and… Continue Reading
From Etherphone to Microchip: Electronic Music Technology and TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection
In conjunction with TCNJ’s two-day workshop, Mind, Music, and Invention: Creativity at the Intersection of Music and Computation, an exhibition of artifacts from The Sarnoff Collection related to the history of electronic music was presented in the lobby of the Music Building. Below are a selection of texts and images from that exhibition. Although… Continue Reading