Contact: Lennox Chandler, Director, NCST

Phone: 246.427.1820 

Linda Walrond

Phone: 246.424.0994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The influence of science and technology on music is indisputable, from the delivery of sound through microphones to the creation and recording of music using sound equipment and musical aids, to the transmission to the consumer via options like CDs, car radios, ipods, television and cell phones.

It was Thomas Alva Edison, who conceived the principle of recording and reproducing sound between May and July 1877 as a byproduct of his efforts to "play back" recorded telegraph messages and to automate speech sounds for transmission by telephone.[4] He announced his invention of the first phonograph, a device for recording and replaying sound, on November 21, 1877 and he demonstrated the device for the first time on November 29  According to the Scientific American of July 25, 1896, in December, 1877, a young man came into the office of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, and placed before the editors a small, simple machine about which very few preliminary remarks were offered. The visitor without any ceremony whatever turned the crank, and to the astonishment of all present the machine said : " Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph?" The machine thus spoke for itself, and made known the fact that it was the phonograph.

And so began one of the key scientific creations that is the precursor of both the tools and the outputs that have allowed us to enjoy the music of artists like Edwin, Natalie, Mr Dale & Mikey, all of whom will be appearing that SciTech 2010, to lend their support to the creative ingenuity and scientific knowledge of Barbadian students and professionals.

SciTech 2010 is open to the public 10 am to 8 pm daily, with more than 100 exhibits on display. Many Barbadian enterprises, recognizing the importance of science and technology to the island’s development, are supporting SciTech 2010 with monetary and technical contributions. Among them, the Barbados Manufacturing Association, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation ICB, The Gymnasium Ltd, Tropical Computers, the Barbados National Bank, Nation Publishing House, the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd, Barbados Concorde Experience, Crane & Equipment Ltd, and the Caribbean Marketplace at http://www.carifuna.com/

SciTech 2010 runs from Thursday March 11th –to Sunday March 14th.