Collaborate Disseminate
It is hard to imagine that a handful of decades ago, TV wasn’t a thing. We’ve talked a few times about the birth of television. After an admittedly slow slow …read more Continue reading Retro Gadgets: Things Your TV No Longer Needs
Do you live in the UK, have a VCR and capture card, and an interest in Teletext? [James O’Malley] needs your help! Teletext was, for many people around the world, …read more Continue reading Want To Help Capture Some Digital Ephemera? Break Out Your VHS Player
What is the size of a single molecule of oil? What may initially seem like a trick question – answerable only through the use of complicated, high-tech scientific equipment – …read more Continue reading Estimating the Size of a Single Molecule of Oil Using Water
Long before the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web, there were other ways to go online, with Ohio-based CompuServe being the first to offer a consumer-oriented service …read more Continue reading Remembering CompuServe: the Online Experience Before the World Wide Web
You probably think of them as “Ziploc” bags, but, technically, the generic term is zipper bag. Everything from electronic components to coffee beans arrive in them. But they weren’t always …read more Continue reading Tech in Plain Sight: Zipper Bags
Some of the most important landmarks in world history sold at Christie’s New York auction of the Paul G Allen Collection today, many of them smashing auction records, while some lots inexplicably sold well below existing market value.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Top 10 surprises from the “Technology Sale of the Century”
When you think of Sony, you probably think of a technology company that’s been around forever. However, as [Asianometry] points out, it really formed in the tough years after World …read more Continue reading How Sony Mastered the Transistor
While some byproducts recall an idyllic piece of Americana, others remind us that the past is not always so bright and cheerful. Trinitite, created unintentionally during the development of the …read more Continue reading Boss Byproducts: the Terrible Beauty of Trinitite
Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use …read more Continue reading A Windows Control Panel Retrospective Amidst a Concerning UX Shift
Most of us associate Honda with the color red. The multinational is even known as Big Red in some parts of the world. Have you ever wondered how that came to be? The answer is both obvious and convoluted.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Honda, … Continue reading The reason Honda’s corporate color is red