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This Day In Information: Pioneering Photography
Today in 1839, William Henry Fox Talbot showed his five-year old pictures at the Royal Society, 18 days after the Daguerreotype process was presented before the French Academy.
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The Evolution of Dick Tracy’s Wristwatch
Sixty-five years ago (January 13, 1946), Chester Gould introduced in Dick Tracy’s 2-Way Wrist Radio, having drawn inspiration from a visit to inventor Al Gross. It became one of the strip’s most immediately recognizable icons, and was eventually upgraded to … Continue reading
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What Novels Do to Our Minds
“NOVELS have ever met with a ready reception into the Libraries of the Ladies, but this species of writing hath not been received with universal approbation: Futility is not the only charge brought against it — Any attempt, therefore, to … Continue reading
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InfoStory Quote: Video Games, 1982
From Time cover story, January 18, 1982: “Says [Time reporter Steven] Holmes: ‘In most games and sports, you learn teamwork and how to adjust to the strengths and weaknesses of others, attributes that serve you well the rest of your … Continue reading
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OED Revisits “Information”
Last month, the Oxford English Dictionary published online a revised entry for the word “information.” The revision tells a lot about our evolving relations with reference information and the much-discussed accuracy of information on the Web as opposed to print … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: SAGE
Today in 1956, the development of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE), is disclosed to the public. “Looking back at the development of the computers supporting the SAGE, the origins of many key computer innovations are readily apparent.
This Day In Information: Birth of Wikipedia
Today in 2001, Wikipedia was launched. Since its creation, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference websites, attracting nearly 78 million visitors monthly as of January 2010 about 80 million unique monthly visitors as of December 2010. … Continue reading
This Day In Information: Birth of Public Radio Broadcasting
Yesterday and today in 1910, opera was first heard on the radio in what is considered the first public radio broadcast. On January 12, Lee De Forest conducted an experimental broadcast of part of the live Metropolitan Opera performance of … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: America’s first public museum
Today in 1773, America’s first public museum, The Charleston Museum, was established in South Carolina. Today, it is estimated that there are more than 17,000 museum in the United States. The Official Museum Directory, the most comprehensive directory of museums … Continue reading
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Ones and Zeros
The Indian scholar Pingala (circa 5th–2nd centuries BC) developed mathematical concepts for describing prosody, and in so doing presented the first known description of a binary numeral system.
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