The Physiophone Turned Music Into Physical Sensations For Deaf People To Enjoy, And Dance To

This month in 1920, the magazine Electrical Experimenter featured the physiophone. It was a Hugo Gernsback invention that turned sound into electrical impulses, so Deaf people could feel the music. Plus: for National Library Week, a visit to the central library in Kansas City, where the building itself looks like a bookshelf. This Invention From the Grandfather of Science Fiction Was Promoted as Music For the Deaf (Paleofuture)Here’s The Story Behind the Kansas City Public Library’s Giant Community Bookshelf (Kansas City Library)Feeling inventive? Drop by our Patreon site and create a donation to support this show