News Summary

• The '60s and onward were a fascinating time for consumer technology development.
• In 1955, Sony released its very first transistor radio, the TR-55.
• The first non-mail form of message sending, the fax machine, would become popularized in the 1960s.
• In the late 1800s, the first consumer-grade typewriters were released to the public in the u.s., though they weren't the most ideal tools for work or home use.
• in the 1950s, both radio and television were well entrenched in the public consciousness as definitive sources of entertainment.
• However, neither medium was by any means portable, with both radios and televisions requiring massive appliances that took up sizable chunks of any living room.