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History Of Technology
AI is not a rupture in history, but a continuation of intelligence emerging where information becomes systematically arranged.
25mins
"In the process of mapping the heavens, it doesn't take long to realize the data problem they generated."
Two main contributors enabled our modern global positioning system (GPS): Albert Einstein and Gladys West. Here's how she made it happen.
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
Giambattista della Porta's contributions to codebreaking changed the course of communication.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s "Dune," science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
5mins
Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
Atomic clocks keep time accurately to within 1 second every 33 billion years. Nuclear clocks could blow them all away.
Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.