From Soviet Russia to the Tappan Zee Bridge, A Short History of the E-ZPass
- Stephen Nessen for WNYC July 25th, 2016
- Source: http://www.wnyc.org/story/short-history-e-z-pass/
The E-ZPass is one of those inventions that makes you wonder how we survived without automatic tolls. It's been around for only 24 years, but the technology that lets you zip through toll booths was born at the start of World War I. Here is a short history of the E-ZPass.
First, there was the theremin. The world's first, mass-produced electronic instrument, it is played by waving your hands between two metal antennas, no touching required.
