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The Open Buddhist University<p>📼 The History of the Screwdriver (A free, 16-minute video from 2019)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Things" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Things</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/screw_history-guy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/av/screw_history-guy</span></a></p>
Amin Girasol<p>I'm finding D. F. Parkhill's 1966 book "The Challenge of the Computer Utility"[0] to be endlessly fascinating. It provides quite a detailed snapshot of the state of computer development. It was written at the tail end of the "Patent wars of 1962–1966"[1], yet there's no mention of integrated circuits, nor "Micrologic" (an early name for ICs).</p><p>In the discussion on memory technology, the book contains several tables as two-page spreads, which are awkward to assimilate when reading the book as a PDF on a small screen. I've included the relevant pages here as two-up images for my own benefit as much as yours! </p><p>The information summarised in the tables is fascinating. In the table "Classification of Memories by Function", much of the language is familiar to a modern reader (compared to, say 1940s discussions of 'organs'); CPU registers, RAM and persistent storage are recognisable:</p><blockquote><p>Storage register: Usually a one- or two-word memory used for the temporary storage of some quantity before it is transferred to another memory or circuit; i.e., accumulator register, multiplicand register, index register, etc.</p><p>Internal working memory: The main working memory of the computer, in which intermediate results and instructions are stored. </p><p>Mass data memory: A high-capacity storage system, external to but under the control of the computer, used for the storage of bulk data such as tables, files, and sub-routines.</p></blockquote><p>...yet the "Classification of Memories by Operating Characteristics" reflect mid-1960s (or older) technologies:</p><blockquote><p>Regenerative: A memory whose contents gradually vanish unless they are periodically regenerated, e.g., a Williams tube.</p></blockquote><p>Modern RAM is of this type!</p><blockquote><p>Read only: A memory whose contents can be changed, if at all, only by off-line human intervention, usually involving rewiring, the removal or insertion of plugs or the punching of holes, e.g., a card capacitor store, diode matrix, etc. </p></blockquote><p>"Memory Devices" is fascinating. Here's just one row:</p><blockquote><p>Type: Magnetic core<br>Physical Principle: remanent magnetization on small cores of square hysteresis-loop <br>ferrite material <br>Application: high-speed internal memory, registers, and buffers <br>Status: standard memory for majority of all computers in all price classes <br>Remarks: in addition to the normal coincident-current destructive readout single-core/bit systems embodiments there are also multiaperture core systems such as Biax and the transfluxor systems, and multiple-core/bit systems also wired-core read-only systems </p></blockquote><p>Biax? Transfluxor systems?</p><p>...and what on earth was "Magnetic rod memory"?</p><blockquote><p>Type: Magnetic rod<br>Physical Principle: magnetic coupling via removable ferrite rods between loops in a <br>woven mesh <br>Application: read-only very high-speed auxiliary internal store <br>Status: in use on Univ. of Manchester MUSE, Ferranti ATLAS computers, and several Italian machines <br>Remarks: retains advantages of wired-core memories but permits easy modification. Highest speed operating memory of comparable size to date, (0.15 microsecond access time, 8192 words, 48 bits)</p></blockquote><p>...sounds promising! Why haven't I heard of this technology? Check Wikipedia[2]:</p><blockquote><p>Rod memory is one of the many variations on magnetic core memory that attempts to lower costs by automating its manufacturing. [...] Like many similar concepts [...] rod memory was competing for the role of taking over from core when the first semiconductor memory systems wiped out the entire market in 1970.</p></blockquote><p>Oof.</p><p>I'm finding it very much worthwhile to read not only older histories of computing, but also old books that provide a survey of the state of the art at a given time.</p><p>[0] <a href="https://archive.org/details/challengeofcompu0000park" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/challengeo</span><span class="invisible">fcompu0000park</span></a><br>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit#Patent_wars_of_1962–1966" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventio</span><span class="invisible">n_of_the_integrated_circuit#Patent_wars_of_1962–1966</span></a><br>[2] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_memory" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_me</span><span class="invisible">mory</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/historyoftechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historyoftechnology</span></a></p>
IHC<p>There's a new issue of HoST — Journal of History of Science and Technology. It includes the themtic dossier "Towards a global history of eclipses_ Entanglements of disciplines, actors, and practices".</p><p>🔓 Available on <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>: <a href="https://sciendo.com/issue/HOST/19/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sciendo.com/issue/HOST/19/1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SciHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TechHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Eclipses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eclipses</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TotalSolarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TotalSolarEclipse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SanskritAstralSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanskritAstralSciences</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>📰 12,000-Year-Old Spindle Whorls and the Innovation of Wheeled Rotational Technologies (A ✨NEW✨, free, 22-page article)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Things" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Things</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/12000-year-old-spindle-whorls_yashuv-talia-et-al" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/articles/12000-year-old-spindle-whorls_yashuv-talia-et-al</span></a></p>
United Kingdom News Beep<p>What Can the History of Data Tell Us About the Future of AI?</p><p>“Data is the fossil fuel of AI.” – Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist at OpenAI “The…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/DeepDives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepDives</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/EditorsPick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EditorsPick</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/11467/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/uk/11467/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Amin Girasol<p>Mind blown:</p><blockquote><p>A history of simulation technology in the space program has yet to be written</p></blockquote><p>Digital Apollo, David A. Mindell</p><p><a href="https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/3182/Digital-ApolloHuman-and-Machine-in-Spaceflight" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">direct.mit.edu/books/book/3182</span><span class="invisible">/Digital-ApolloHuman-and-Machine-in-Spaceflight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Systems</span></a></p>
IHC<p>The IHC and ICS are co-organising a talk by John Bosco Lourdusamy (IIT Madras) on the the entanglement of the past and present in the tea gardens of colonial Southern India with regard to the condition of labour.</p><p>📅 7 May at 11am. </p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/machines-tea-gardens/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/mach</span><span class="invisible">ines-tea-gardens/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ColonialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tea</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plantations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfLabour</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ColonialIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialIndia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/LabourExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourExploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plantations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaColonial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/%C3%8DndiaColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ÍndiaColonial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Planta%C3%A7%C3%B5es" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plantações</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDoTrabalho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDoTrabalho</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Ch%C3%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chá</span></a></p>
Michael Nagenborg (he/him)<p>If you are aware of curious and critical students looking for a unique interdisciplinary <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/MSc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSc</span></a> Programme which combines <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/PhilosophyOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfTechnology</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/EthicsOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsOfTechnology</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/STS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STS</span></a> , please point them to <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> , <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> , and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a>. At the Open Day, they learn about our dedicated tracks on <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/TechnologyAndValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologyAndValues</span></a> (in collaboration with 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology), <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> , and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a>. <a href="https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/study-choice-calendar/master-open-day/#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">utwente.nl/en/education/study-</span><span class="invisible">choice-calendar/master-open-day/#</span></a></p>
IHC<p>✍️ The editors of <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HoST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoST</span></a> — Journal of History of Science and Technology have opened a call for a thematic dossier to be published in 2026.<br>📅 The deadline is 31 March 2025<br>👉 <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yaf5ymym" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/yaf5ymym</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/CallForPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CallForPapers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SciHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TechHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/STM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfMedicin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfMedicin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/MedHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaCi%C3%AAncia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaCiência</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaTecnologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaTecnologia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaMedicina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaMedicina</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/AcessoAberto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcessoAberto</span></a></p>
IHC<p>A Universidade de Évora abriu um concurso para Investigador/a Auxiliar para a área de História da Ciência, Tecnologia, Património Científico e Ambiente (séculos XIX e XX).</p><p>As candidaturas decorrem até 20 de Março.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/ia-historia-ue-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/ia-historia-ue</span><span class="invisible">-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryJobs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EmpregoCient%C3%ADfico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmpregoCientífico</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaCi%C3%AAncia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaCiência</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaTecnologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaTecnologia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaAmbiental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaAmbiental</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaContempor%C3%A2nea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaContemporânea</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ModernHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModernHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EnvironmentalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/MastoJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoJobs</span></a></p>
it's B! Cavello 🐝<p>Any <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> folks out there?<br>I’m trying to learn more about the history of electrification (aka the widespread adoption of electricity or construction of infrastructure outside of, like, funky inventors-in-labs types of things).<br>In my mind, the early demonstrations of public usefulness were for electric lighting, but I am learning that the telegraph may have even earlier driven infrastructure investments.<br>Do you know more? Or have recommendations on where to look? I’d love to learn!</p>
Medievalists.net<p>The Myth of Mills: Bridging Antiquity and Medieval Innovation <a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/the-myth-of-mills-bridging-antiquity-and-medieval-innovation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medievalists.net/2025/01/the-m</span><span class="invisible">yth-of-mills-bridging-antiquity-and-medieval-innovation/</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HistoryofTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/watermills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watermills</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleAges</span></a></p>
Amin Girasol<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a>, lately I've been seeing today's critics of AI suggesting the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/artificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialIntelligence</span></a> can be more usefully understood as belonging in the framework of nation-state intelligence gathering. </p><p>Is there any indication that the founders of the field intended such an interpretation, or blurring of the definition of intelligence? The field was founded at the height of the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> after all.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PhilosophyOfAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfAI</span></a></p>
IHC<p>🗣 The call for papers for the Joint International Workshop "Global Infrastructures: Aesthetic Power and Affective Networks in the (Post-)colonial Present", which we will host in Lisbon on 28 November, is ongoing until 30 September.</p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/global-infrastructures-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/glob</span><span class="invisible">al-infrastructures-2024/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/envhum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>envhum</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/CFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Infrastructures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructures</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Aesthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aesthetics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Globalization</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/PostColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Modernity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modernity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Infrastruturas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastruturas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Modernidade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modernidade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Est%C3%A9ticas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estéticas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/P%C3%B3sColonialismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PósColonialismo</span></a></p>
Horst Thieme<p>Calculating Empires: Macht und Technologie im Wandel der Zeit. <br>Die Installation von Kate Crawford und Vladan Joler auf der Ars Electronica zeigt die Geschichte und Politik der Technologie seit 1500. Sie untersucht die Verbindung von Kommunikation, Datenverarbeitung, Klassifikation und Kontrolle und bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die technologische Realität, um eine neue Zukunft zu imaginieren.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CalculatingEmpires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalculatingEmpires</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DataPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ArsElectronica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArsElectronica</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CriticalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalArt</span></a></p>
Investigator515<p>In this historical hacks piece, we take a look at the RSA breach of 2011. Out now on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historyoftechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historyoftechnology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://investigator515.substack.com/p/historical-hacks-the-rsa-securid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">investigator515.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/historical-hacks-the-rsa-securid</span></a></p>
IHC<p>🆕 Lavinia Maddaluno, from Università Ca' Foscari, will be the fourth IHC Visiting Scholar!</p><p>During next week, the historian of science will develop a short programme of activities, in the context of the IHC’s Platform of Advanced Studies.</p><p>ℹ️ We tell you all about it here: <br><a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/lavinia-maddaluno-2024-visiting-scholar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/lavinia-mad</span><span class="invisible">daluno-2024-visiting-scholar/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/envhum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>envhum</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histstm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histstm</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EnvironmentalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/LaviniaMaddaluno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaviniaMaddaluno</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ModernHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModernHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SciHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TechHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Rice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a></p>
IHC<p>🆕 Quintino Lopes was in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil), where he visited the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Bahia, the building that housed the former Phonetics Laboratory of the Federal University of Bahia. </p><p>👉 <a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/quintino-lopes-visits-salvador-bahia/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/quintino-lo</span><span class="invisible">pes-visits-salvador-bahia/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histstm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histstm</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ExperimentalPhonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalPhonetics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SciHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/PHONLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PHONLAB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaCi%C3%AAncia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaCiência</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Fon%C3%A9ticaExperimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FonéticaExperimental</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brasil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaTecnologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaTecnologia</span></a></p>
IHC<p>📖 The latest issue of <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HosT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HosT</span></a> — Journal of History of Science and Technology is now online!</p><p>The thematic dossier dossier for this issue is "Empire under the Night Sky: Recording Astral-Cosmography in Qing Dynasty China, 17th – 19th Centuries".</p><p>Explore it with <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>🔓:<br><a href="https://sciendo.com/issue/HOST/18/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sciendo.com/issue/HOST/18/1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SciHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciHist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/QingDynasty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QingDynasty</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Cosmography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmography</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Fenye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenye</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Fengshui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fengshui</span></a></p>
I. Chaar Lopez<p>Thrilled that my book, The Cybernetic Border, is out now. “An in-depth and long-overdue interrogation of the complicated history and brutal impacts of America’s evolving technological war against migrants.” Save 30% w/link below. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryofTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofTechnology</span></a><br><a href="https://ow.ly/rgko50QXKUr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ow.ly/rgko50QXKUr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>