Today in Tech History – January 24, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 24th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1935 – Krueger’s Cream Ale and Krueger’s Finest Beer went on sale in Richmond, Virginia in cans, developed by the American Can Company. Cans protected beer better than translucent bottles.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-canned-beer-goes-on-sale

1950 – Percy LeBaron Spencer received a patent for a “Method of Treating Foodstuffs” which we would recognize as the microwave oven. Spencer was working on an active radar set and accidentally melted a candy bar in his pocket.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=x_tuAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1984 – The original Macintosh was introduced becoming the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface.

https://www.cultofmac.com/263298/watch-steve-jobs-introduce-macintosh-january-24-1984/

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DTNS 3204 – Rapport-Based Security Solutions

Daily Tech News Show / January 23rd, 2018

Can law enforcement meet the demands of cyber-security without roughshod over the privacy concerns of citizens and weakening encryption? Plus Apple announced the arrival of HomePod, DuckDuckGo extension protects users against ad bots and tracking, and Google releases its Files Go app.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Myke Cole.

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 23, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 23rd, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple announces the HomePod date, Snap moves beyond the app, and Twitter’s COO leaves.

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Today in Tech History – January 23, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 23rd, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1896 – Wilhelm Roentgen spoke to the Würzburg Physical Medical Society where he demonstrated X-rays by photographing the hand of session chair Dr. Albert von Kolliker, a famous anatomist.

http://www.emory.edu/X-RAYS/century_06.htm

1960 – With a crew of two, the bathyscaphe Trieste, descended 10,911 meters in the Pacific Ocean into Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench near Guam, the deepest known point in the oceans.

http://geology.com/records/bathyscaphe-trieste.shtml

2003 – Earth lost communication with space probe Pioneer 10 which was 12 billion-kilometers from Earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/pioneer.html

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DTNS 3203 – Amazon Go is Checking You Out

Daily Tech News Show / January 22nd, 2018

Amazon Go opens in downtown Seattle. Is the future of grocery shopping here? Montana’s governor signs an executive order to preserve Net Neutrality. US Childcare research suggests parents should not limit screen time but rather ensure its creative not passive time.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Veronica Belmont and Roger Chang

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 22, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 22nd, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon gets rid of checkout clerks, Microsoft has cheap laptops for schools and Facebook has more thoughts on news.

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Today in Tech History – January 22, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 22nd, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1939 – John Dunning’s Cyclotron split the uranium atom for the first time at Columbia University in New York City. And the Manhattan Project was on.

http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~ff/pupin.html

1968 – Apollo 5 lifted off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1968-007A

1984 – Apple aired the famous “1984” commercial for the Apple Macintosh, directed by Ridley Scott.

http://newsdesk.si.edu/snapshot/apple-classic-macintosh-personal-computer

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Today in Tech History – January 21, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 21st, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.

http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/program/student_work/2003fall/03f_1800_martin_a3.pdf

1981 – The first DeLorean DMC-12 sports car rolled off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. This one made no use of gigawatts in any way.

http://time.com/4180894/delorean-history/

2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20040121a.html

2015 – Microsoft announced more details about Windows 10, the Microsoft Surface Hub, an 84-inch 4K whiteboard TV, and Windows Holographic. Using HoloStudio and HoloLens, Windows Holographic promised to bring holograms into everyday use.

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-top-moments-from-microsofts-windows-10-event/#ftag=CAD590a51e

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