Pager: Police and Jews used it first, how did its sun set after it gained popularity?
Pager History: After the recent pager blasts in Lebanon and Syria, pagers are being discussed everywhere. The Lebanese organization Hezbollah claimed that Israel hacked the pagers of its fighters and blasted them, killing 12 people and injuring about 3,000 people. Know how the use of pagers decreased after their introduction in the 1920s, and where they are used today.
Pager Device: The series of pager blasts in Lebanon and Syria has caused a lot of damage to Hezbollah. At least 12 people were killed in this, while more than 3,000 people were injured.
At the same time, 7 people have been killed in Syria. Many of those injured in the pager blasts are being treated in the hospital, many of them are in critical condition. The Lebanese organization Hezbollah has accused Israel of being behind these blasts. But ever since the pager blasts have happened, pager has become a topic of discussion. Everyone is talking about it.
Many people in India may not be aware of pagers. But in Lebanon, Hezbollah uses them extensively. Pager is an electronic device that is used to talk to each other. With this, you can send and receive short messages. Here know how the pager started and how its use decreased.
History of pagers
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the pager blast. Israel is a Jewish country, and the earliest users of devices like pagers were the police and Jews. A device like the pager was made in 1921 and the Detroit Police of America used it first.
He fitted a radio equipped device into the police car. Detroit police often used this one-way communication device during patrols and to apprehend criminals.
The first telephone pager
The pager as we know it was invented in 1949 by Irving 'Al' Gross. Gross was a Jewish engineer, and he was born on 22 February 1918 in Toronto, Canada. The pager that Gross created is called the telephone pager. In 1950, City Jewish Hospital (a Jewish hospital) in New York, USA first started using this pager.
Irving 'Al' Gross, inventor of the pager.
However, even at that time this device was not called a pager. The ability to send critical communication and immediate alerts brought recognition to this device. Apart from the telephone pager, Gross also got patents for devices like walkie-talkie and CB radio, which expired in 1970.