I’m wired. Or I should say, I’m wired wireless.
Technology
The first-generation Apple AirPort wireless basestation • Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY
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Building machines from the atoms up
The pop star physicist, Richard Feynman, had lots of clever ideas in his lifetime, including a few that won him a Nobel Prize, but what he might be best remembered for 100 years from now is something he tossed off almost in passing back in 1959.
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Keeping an eye on purveyors of genetically engineered food
Humanity stands on the brink of an agricultural revolution potentially as great as the one that occurred when our ancestors gave up a hunter-gatherer way of life and settled down as farmers.
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The new holiday spirit: E‑commerce
“Folks, don’t get up from your chair. Don’t click that remote to change the channel. The next item we are offering on the Shop-Till-You-Drop Network will change your life.”
A partial diagrammatic map of node connections on the internet • Image by Matt Britt (CC BY 2.5)
Built without a plan
The World Wide Web is the first technological artifact that was not built from a blueprint.
The future Harry Hawker imagined • Photo by Thirdman from Pexels
Reach out and touch a cellular phone jerk
You have reached the office of Harry Hawker. You may leave a message at the beep.
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Can a body meet a body coming through the wire?
There is a now-famous New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner that has come to define the age of electronic communication. It shows two dogs sitting in front of a computer. One pooch says to the other: “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog.”
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Mr. Computer tackles the Y2K bug
Dear Mr. Computer, All we hear about these days is the Y2K bug, and how it’s going to cause havoc at the end of this year. What is the bug, and how can I avoid it?
A Gutenberg Bible at the New York Public Library • Photo by Kevin Eng (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The one who changed the world
Let’s get a jump on end-of-year hoopla and ask now: Who is the “Person of the Millennium”?
Furbies from the late 90s • Photo by Robert Gourley (CC BY 2.0)
The day the Furbies said ‘no’
Friday at New York’s FAO Schwartz on Fifth Avenue, Hasbro’s Tiger Electronics division unveiled Furby — a “cuddly stand-alone animatronic pet” that will sell for approximately $30.