The QWERTY keyboard is a relic of the past, but today’s keyboards on laptops, computers, and phones carry it forward. Why? The electronics of our modern devices require regular software
Why the QWERTY Keyboard Persists Read More »
Several generations of Americans remember My Weekly Reader as a source of news in the schools. The goal of the four- to eight-page weekly paper, which was distributed via the
Weekly Reader: An Important Part of Classrooms for Many Years Read More »
Just as the development of e-mail in the 1990s changed the love letter, the technology of the 1920s forever altered the love song. In the late nineteenth and early
How the Microphone Changed Music Read More »
Weather. People throughout time have always cared about the weather. It affects crops, businesses, travel, and personal plans. Sometimes, all that one needs is the next day’s forecast. But often,
How the Weather Bureau Came About Read More »
The invention of the telephone in 1876 jump-started several new developments: The telephones themselves needed to be further refined. Telephone offices with operating equipment needed to be created so that
The Telephone Operator Read More »
Battlefield communication has always been difficult. Before technology, armies relied on bugles, trumpets, drums and regiment flags to signal to the soldiers what was to come next. But as men
The Signal Corps: Battlefield Communication–Civil War Read More »