X.25 and public data networks Date: 01/01/1974 X.25 is an ITU-T standard protocol suite for packet switched wide area network (WAN) communication. An X.25 WAN consists of packet-switching exchange (PSE) nodes as the networking hardware, and leased lines, plain old telephone service conn...
There is little in the way of scholarship and criticism in regard to pop-up and movable books. Part of this is the stigma of being represented as a commercial novelty product or kiddie book by twentieth-century publishers. The explosion of artists’ books in the 1970’s gave rise to a su...
This is 25+ versions of Android, a myriad of devices, and lots and lots of screenshots cobbled together in one space. This is The History of Android, from the very first public builds to today. Read it your way In addition to seeing no ads, Ars Technica premier subscribers can download...
In relation to architecture, these countries were collectively faced with housing crises, the restoration of heritage buildings, and a need for public institutions. A wave of decolonization washed over South Asia, utilizing modern architecture as a vehicle to liberate from the colonial period. ...
The Broad has put together a series of YouTube videos to give you a first-hand look at the museum. To view the online virtual tour,click here. 5. Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) Image Credit: Centre Pompidou Year Opened: 1977 The Centre Pompidou, named after the president of France from...
The collection covers every aspect of Modernism – diagrid skycrapers, abstract landscapes, megastructures, cities of slabs and we can admire a broad range of works, including urban planning, innovations in housing (both individual and multi-unit), university design, and civic and public spaces....
Sobel. In the spring of 1918, the Manhattan District Attorney had taken up the cause again. From the New York Public Library Some like to call chop suey the Big Mac of the era. New York City’s restaurants had developed for wealthier citizens and it wasn’t until the development and...
(Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution): “Mina tells an incredible story of what happened during the pandemic. At the time Mina was a faculty member at the Chan School of Public Health, he is extremely active in advising governments on the pandemic, and he brings Harvard millions of dollars a...
The family lived for centuries in Pocklington, where it was one of the leading lights, and they eventually left the town to go on to fame and fortune elsewhere. If you missed his presentation in Pocklington church, a YouTube video has been created of it. The 80th anniversary of the D-...
3D printing is being used to build emergency shelter in disaster areas andaffordable housingin the developing world. And smart robotics, micromanufacturing, and articulated limb design were combined to to make self-poweredprostheticsthat give feedback to the brain. ...