Category Archives: Social Impact
The Bulletin Board System
IEEE Spectrum: For millions of people around the globe, the Internet is a simple fact of life. We take for granted the invisible network that enables us to communicate, navigate, investigate, flirt, shop, and play. Early on, this network-of-networks connected … Continue reading
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The Eighth Wonder of the World
July 27, 1866 The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed. The first working cable, completed in 1858, failed within a few weeks. Before it did, however, it prompted the biggest parade New York had ever seen and accolades that described the … Continue reading
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A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook
Don’t Touch That Dial! By Vaughan Bell A respected Swiss scientist, Conrad Gessner, might have been the first to raise the alarm about the effects of information overload. In a landmark book, he described how the modern world overwhelmed people … Continue reading
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The High Cost of Multitasking (Infographic)
by kikikarpus.
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The impact of electrical engineering on 21st century innovation (Infographic)
Source: New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Computer Use and Internet Trends in the United States 1984-2012
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Al Gore Gives Birth to the Internet
Today in 1994, The Superhighway Summit was held at UCLA’s Royce Hall. It was the “first public conference bringing together all of the major industry, government and academic leaders in the field [and] also began the national dialogue about the Information … Continue reading
The Story of Information 