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In 1980, Boeing employee Loren Carpenter presented a film called Vol Libre at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference. It was the world's first film using fractals to generate the graphics. Even now it's impressive to watch:
http://www.kottke.org…
If you build a specialized type of hardware which, by design, rarely arouses emotions of physical desire in the general populace, you can see how you might have a bit of a challenge promoting your wares. How you get around that tiny issue is by pull…
"The purpose of the Historic Sites initiative is to raise public awareness of physics. Unexpected encounters with an attractive plaque that identifies an important and interesting event in the history of physics will be an effective way of getting p…
Work began this week on restoring what will be the world's oldest working stored-program electronic computer.
Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was…
The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon Univer…
From the PDP-8 and Commodore PET, to the Apple Newton and iPhone.
source; http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39428128,00.htm
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- Single
- About Me:
- I am an information designer, working in the field of technical communications, with over 25 years of experience in the production of cross-media, multilingual technical information products.
I have expertise in single sourcing, component content management, collaborative authoring, and localization. I also have extensive knowledge and a good understanding of the current e-learning and social network technologies.
I am currently studying towards a Masters in Online and Distance Learning to fulfill my ambition to work in the field of ICT for Development.
- Website:
- http://kcweb.org.uk
Technohistory Resources
A history of the Amiga
When it first arrived, the Amiga was a dream machine, and some have said it was ten years ahead of its time. This multipart history of the Amiga looks at the events that led up to the birth of the company and the PC that bore its name.
AI History
A comprehensive set of links to resources for the history of Artificial Intelligence from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
atariarchives.org
makes books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers available on the Web. Everything here is available with permission of the copyright holders
Computer Conservation Society
primary mission is to preserve historic computers, develop awareness of the history of computing, and encourage research.
Cracking open Old Computers from Tech Republic
ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) a directory to 5,000+ websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry.
History of Tech
From aged gadget advertisements to vintage technology videos, strange science fiction visions of the futuristic to retrofuturistic art representing the past, here are some of the most inspirational, educational and sensational retro and vintage works of creative gadgetry, scientific vision and technological inquiry.
Inside the Atari 800
It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces.
Internet Archaeology
seeks to explore, recover, archive and showcase the graphic artifacts found within earlier Internet Culture. Established in 2009, the chief purpose of Internet Archaeology is to preserve these artifacts and acknowledge their importance in understanding the beginnings and birth of an Internet Culture.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
MIT Museum
The MIT Museum invites you to explore invention, ideas, and innovation. Through interactive exhibitions, public programs, experimental projects and its renown collections, the MIT Museum showcases the fascinating world of MIT, and inspires people of all ages about the possibilities and opportunities offered by science and technology.
My last Polaroid
Polaroid pictures appear as if by magic. Now they are disappearing forever. Please upload the final Polaroid you take to our gallery, as a tribute to the film.
Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts
Not all nuclear reactors are built alike. Power plant designs can vary in their fuels, coolants and configurations, a fact beautifully illustrated by a series of reactor wall charts originally published in issues of Nuclear Engineering International during the 1970s and 1980s..
Recording Technology History
Discusses early people and items used to make early audio and video devices from the first record players to digital television.
The BBC Lives
Claims to be the net's largest site catering for enthusiasts of Acorn's (RIP) range of 8-bit micros from the eighties: the BBC models, Electron, Master and Compact, and to a small degree the Atom and Archimedes.
The Center for History of Physics
AIP's Center for History of Physics works to to preserve and make known the historical record of modern physics and allied sciences. Through documentation, archival collections and educational initiatives, the Center ensures that the heritage of modern physics is safeguarded and its story accurately told.
The Computer History Museum
The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.
The Digibarn Computer Museum
seeks to capture personal stories and track technological evolution through a large collection of vintage computer systems, manuals, videos, interviews, and other fossil relics of the "Cambrian explosion" of personal computing that ignited in 1975.
The Galileo Project
The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). The aim is to provide hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise.
The history of electric vehicles
This site is the first online archive created to encourage electric vehicle enthusiasts to help preserve the recent history of electric vehicles. This project offers a unique opportunity for electric car owners, drivers, and enthusiasts to chronicle their own history by adding to an online archive. Drivers and owners of electric vehicles can contribute to the growing online archive, and people interested in the history of technology can use this site to learn about the history of an emerging technology. Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, this site is a non-profit historical research project intended solely for non-commercial use.
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from.
The Medieval Technology Pages
The Medieval Technology Pages are an attempt to provide accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages. There are several ways to access this information. The most direct method is through the Subject Index which provides direct access to all the technology pages. Many of the articles are also present in a historical Timeline. And material can be found by examining the References which back-reference all articles through the sources used.
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions.
The Society for the History of Technology
The Society for the History of Technology is dedicated to the historical study of technology and its relations with politics, economics, labor, business, the environment, public policy, science, and the arts. Founded in 1958, the society now numbers around 1500 members. An international society, SHOT meets annually in North America or Europe and also sponsors smaller conferences focused on specialized topics, often jointly with other scholarly societies and organizations.
The Obsolete Technology Website
Early personal computers were nothing like present day computers, they had personality!
Each was different and more exciting than the previous, with new features and capabilities. This website is dedicated to the preservation and display of these vintage computer systems.
When it first arrived, the Amiga was a dream machine, and some have said it was ten years ahead of its time. This multipart history of the Amiga looks at the events that led up to the birth of the company and the PC that bore its name.
AI History
A comprehensive set of links to resources for the history of Artificial Intelligence from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
atariarchives.org
makes books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers available on the Web. Everything here is available with permission of the copyright holders
Computer Conservation Society
primary mission is to preserve historic computers, develop awareness of the history of computing, and encourage research.
Cracking open Old Computers from Tech Republic
- Cracking Open 3com's Original Palm Pilot
- Cracking Open the legendary Merlin
- Cracking Open the Apple Macintosh Classic
- Cracking Open the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P
ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) a directory to 5,000+ websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry.
History of Tech
From aged gadget advertisements to vintage technology videos, strange science fiction visions of the futuristic to retrofuturistic art representing the past, here are some of the most inspirational, educational and sensational retro and vintage works of creative gadgetry, scientific vision and technological inquiry.
Inside the Atari 800
It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces.
Internet Archaeology
seeks to explore, recover, archive and showcase the graphic artifacts found within earlier Internet Culture. Established in 2009, the chief purpose of Internet Archaeology is to preserve these artifacts and acknowledge their importance in understanding the beginnings and birth of an Internet Culture.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
MIT Museum
The MIT Museum invites you to explore invention, ideas, and innovation. Through interactive exhibitions, public programs, experimental projects and its renown collections, the MIT Museum showcases the fascinating world of MIT, and inspires people of all ages about the possibilities and opportunities offered by science and technology.
My last Polaroid
Polaroid pictures appear as if by magic. Now they are disappearing forever. Please upload the final Polaroid you take to our gallery, as a tribute to the film.
Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts
Not all nuclear reactors are built alike. Power plant designs can vary in their fuels, coolants and configurations, a fact beautifully illustrated by a series of reactor wall charts originally published in issues of Nuclear Engineering International during the 1970s and 1980s..
Recording Technology History
Discusses early people and items used to make early audio and video devices from the first record players to digital television.
The BBC Lives
Claims to be the net's largest site catering for enthusiasts of Acorn's (RIP) range of 8-bit micros from the eighties: the BBC models, Electron, Master and Compact, and to a small degree the Atom and Archimedes.
The Center for History of Physics
AIP's Center for History of Physics works to to preserve and make known the historical record of modern physics and allied sciences. Through documentation, archival collections and educational initiatives, the Center ensures that the heritage of modern physics is safeguarded and its story accurately told.
The Computer History Museum
The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.
The Digibarn Computer Museum
seeks to capture personal stories and track technological evolution through a large collection of vintage computer systems, manuals, videos, interviews, and other fossil relics of the "Cambrian explosion" of personal computing that ignited in 1975.
The Galileo Project
The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). The aim is to provide hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise.
The history of electric vehicles
This site is the first online archive created to encourage electric vehicle enthusiasts to help preserve the recent history of electric vehicles. This project offers a unique opportunity for electric car owners, drivers, and enthusiasts to chronicle their own history by adding to an online archive. Drivers and owners of electric vehicles can contribute to the growing online archive, and people interested in the history of technology can use this site to learn about the history of an emerging technology. Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, this site is a non-profit historical research project intended solely for non-commercial use.
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from.
The Medieval Technology Pages
The Medieval Technology Pages are an attempt to provide accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages. There are several ways to access this information. The most direct method is through the Subject Index which provides direct access to all the technology pages. Many of the articles are also present in a historical Timeline. And material can be found by examining the References which back-reference all articles through the sources used.
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions.
The Society for the History of Technology
The Society for the History of Technology is dedicated to the historical study of technology and its relations with politics, economics, labor, business, the environment, public policy, science, and the arts. Founded in 1958, the society now numbers around 1500 members. An international society, SHOT meets annually in North America or Europe and also sponsors smaller conferences focused on specialized topics, often jointly with other scholarly societies and organizations.
The Obsolete Technology Website
Early personal computers were nothing like present day computers, they had personality!
Each was different and more exciting than the previous, with new features and capabilities. This website is dedicated to the preservation and display of these vintage computer systems.
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Vol Libre, an amazing CG film from 1980
In 1980, Boeing employee Loren Carpenter presented a film called Vol Libre at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference. It was the world's first film using fractals to generate the graphics. Even now it's impressive to watch:
http://www.kottke.org/09/07/vol-libre-an-amazing-cg-film-from-1980
http://www.kottke.org/09/07/vol-libre-an-amazing-cg-film-from-1980
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 10:30am —
Comptometer does broadcast controls the steampunk way
If you build a specialized type of hardware which, by design, rarely arouses emotions of physical desire in the general populace, you can see how you might have a bit of a challenge promoting your wares. How you get around that tiny issue is by pulling off a stunning steampunk mod while retaining the full functionality of the hardware, as British company Hi Tech have done with their Comptometer. The server controller, customized for use in live video broadcasting and editing, has already won a d… Continue
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 7:35am —
The American Physical Society Historic Sites Initiative
"The purpose of the Historic Sites initiative is to raise public awareness of physics. Unexpected encounters with an attractive plaque that identifies an important and interesting event in the history of physics will be an effective way of getting physics before the general public. The initiative will also benefit physicists by increasing their own awareness of important past scientific advances, hence of their membership in the historic evolution of their profession."… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 6:29am —
Restoring one of the world's oldest computers
Work began this week on restoring what will be the world's oldest working stored-program electronic computer.
Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was first used in 1951 for atomic research.
Witch - the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell - was based on telephone exchange relays and 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes, which could each hold a single digit in memory. Paper tape w… Continue
Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was first used in 1951 for atomic research.
Witch - the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell - was based on telephone exchange relays and 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes, which could each hold a single digit in memory. Paper tape w… Continue
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 3:55am —
The Robot Hall of Fame
The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions from robots to human society.
Each year, Carnegie Mellon University assembles a jury of scholars, researchers, writers, designers, and… Continue
Each year, Carnegie Mellon University assembles a jury of scholars, researchers, writers, designers, and… Continue
Posted on May 11, 2009 at 10:22am —
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