MOST of us have been brought up on a myth about the machine, and it is one that is not quickly seen through, because it has just enough glittering flakes of truth in it to take our attention off the ...

In 1782, Alessandro Volta was the first to use the term "semiconducting" to describe the electrical properties of certain materials. In 1833, Michael Faraday observed that the resistance of silver ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

Discover what Forced Technology Transfer (FTT) is, its historical context, tactics used by governments like China, and the ...

Davies has had a keen interest in cars from a very young age. It didn't matter what kind of car it was, as long as it had four wheels and made some cool noises, he was into it. His interest in cars ...

In an evolving and increasingly digitized media landscape, cadets are leading through innovation with the United States Military Academy’s Digital History Center. As a discipline, digital history ...

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