NE picture transmission device

The authors describe the creation of the NE picture transmission device (the precursor of the modern day facsimile machine) in 1928, which was in the early Showa Era. The device´s creation was all the more marvelous because Japan was at a much lower technological level than other advanced countries. This paper contains a brief overview of the device compared with similar ones at that time and covers the device´s technological significance. Facsimile, Electricity to light Conversion, Technological History.