Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1981
Nordisk MobilTelefoni, The First Fully Automatic Cellular Phone System
Based on analog, first-generation technology (1G), this network was developed by Swedish Electrical engineer and inventor, Östen Mäkitalo. It served the countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The rise of mobile phone technology plays an important role in the development of NFTs and digital art. It allows for the present-day ubiquity of powerful computers and screens in our pockets, enabling us to view, purchase and even create art.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
- Manninen, Ari T. Elaboration of NMT and GSM Standards: From Idea to Market, 28. Jyvaskyla: University of Jyvaskyla, 2002.
People
Movements
NFT Art, Technology and Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- access, NFT Art, Technology and Art
- Technologies
- 1G, mobile phones, NFTs, Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
- People
- Östen Mäkitalo
- Places
- Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Echoes across time
- 1968 · Molnár’s Paris: First Computer Encounter: Bull-GE HQ
- 2021 · Hicetnunc (HEN) Founded by Rafael Lima
- 1966 · Teletype Corporation develops Inktronic