A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field. What Is Thread? We Explain the Smart Home Network Protocol ...

When I was at the library recently, I reviewed a 1946 publication by an urban planning agency. The purple color of the text of the document jogged my memory. The pages had been printed on a ditto ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to EdTech and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Today, many teachers and students probably think nothing of copying a document.

__1876: __Thomas Edison receives a patent for the mimeograph. It will dominate the world of small-press-run publication for a century. Before the inkjet printer, before the laser printer, before the ...

When it comes to EDUCAUSE, I like to think of myself as something of a member of the loyal opposition. Often, I find myself wishing that EDUCAUSE could be more critical about educational technology, ...

Before the laser printer, before the Xerox, and before the carbon copy, there was the mimeograph machine. In 1876, Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) filed a United States patent for autographic printing by ...

What do you do when you miss out on a few classes because of your absence? You either take the notes from your best friend and write a copy for yourself, or just run it through a photocopier and get ...