Research
My major research is the history of the fax machine from the 1840s to the present. Among my articles (and the only ones scanned and available on the web are:
"Facsimile's False Starts," IEEE Spectrum, February 1993, 46-49. This is a short history of the fax machine."Pornography, Technology, and Progress," ICON 4 (1998), 94-125.
"Pornography, Video, and the Internet," IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 19, 1 (Spring 2000), 27-34.
“When Worlds Collide: Government and Electrification, 1892-1939,“ Business and Economic History On-line 1 (2003) ( www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHonline/2003/Coopersmith.pdf )
"Does Your Mother Know What You Really Do? The Changing Nature and Image of Computer-Based Pornography," History and Technology 22, 1 (March 2006), 1-25.