Case, storage-carrying

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OBJECT TYPE
hard bodied/hinged lid
DATE
1993
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2017.0019.003
MANUFACTURER
3M
MODEL
Velostat 4024
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
3
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Synthetic case.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
18.2 cm
Width
9.7 cm
Height
2.9 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Communications
Category
Radio
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
3M
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
Mid-1990s
Canada
Bell Northern Research, was the research and development subsidiary of Northern Telecom (later Nortel Networks) and Bell Canada. It was built by Northern Telecom at its Trans-Canada plant in Montreal. Northern Telecom and its predecessor, Northern Electric, was for decades Canada’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Originally a subsidiary of the AT&T-owned Western Electric, for which it manufactured American-designed products for the Canadian market, Northern Electric became Canadian-owned in the 1950s and in the 1960s began to design and produce equipment to meet the distinctive needs of Canadian telecommunication companies. In the 1970s, through its new research subsidiary, Bell Northern Research, the company made a concerted shift from conventional analogue equipment into the emerging field of digital communications, becoming in the 1980s the first equipment supplier to provide a complete line of fully digital switching and transmission gear. During this decade the company moved aggressively into export markets, and opened manufacturing and R&D operations in several countries. The company’s sales soared during the internet boom of the 1990s, but a combination of poor financial decisions and a failure to maintain its technological edge led eventually to its bankruptcy in 2009. One of the core elements of the Nothern Telecom (later Nortel) was the Industrial Design group headed by John Tyson. This group was responsible for the design of Northern Telecom products and interfaces. The Contempra phone was the first consumer product developed by the Industrial Design group. Later consumer telephone designs followed were based on how and where the consumers would use these telephones (Imagination series). The Orbitor was an attempt by the Industrial Design group to develop a consumer cellular telephone designed for the office worker of the mid-1990s.
Function
Used to store a radiotelephone model when not in use.
Technical
Rapid prototype 3D model of the Nortel Orbitor cellular telephone. The telephone was designed to integrate the screen functionality of a Palm Polit (touch activated with stylus) with a cellular telephone. It also integrated java enabled web browsing and was able to send and receive messages and emails. The Orbitor was to include an advanced voice-recognition system allowing users to speak commands and dictate messages directly. In many ways, the Orbitor design foreshadowed the touch screen, voice activated smart cellular telephones.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Label on the proper front: "ORBITOR/ MODEL"/ Label on the inside of lid: "HANDLE WITH CARE/ THIS MODEL IS BUILT WITH/ STEREO LITHOGRAPHIC RESIN. AN/ IMPACT MAY CAUSE THE CASE TO SHATTER."/ In raised letters on back: "Velostat 3M/ 4024/ Electrically Conductive/ Hinged Container"
Missing
Appears complete
Finish
Black synthetic case and white labels with blue ink handwriting.
Decoration
N/A

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