Most estimates are off by more than 100 years. Learn when the fax machine was actually invented and how it evolved to today’s technology. Long before the era of smartphones, there was a time when ...

The world's first fax machine was patented in 1843 by Alexander Bain. He came from a remote croft in Caithness in Scotland and, for his early experiments, used cattle jaw bones for hinges and heather ...

Long before fax machines became office staples, the concept of transmitting documents remotely was evolving. From Alexander Bain's 1843 patent to early 20th-century newspaper photo transmissions, the ...