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Fax machines will never be practical

  • Will take place on January 01, 1962
  • Quoted on June 05, 2008
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Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition

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The transmission of documents through telephone is common place now.

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Dennis Gabor, British physicist

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Inventing the Future

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No body uses the fax machine anymore. it's all email and IM now.

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