Industrialization brought massive changes to warfare during the Great War. Newly-invented killing machines begat novel defense mechanisms, which, in turn spurred the development of even deadlier technologies. Nearly every aspect of what we would consider modern warfare debuted on World War I battlefields.
How did the cruise missile become the ultimate surgical attack weapon? This film tracks the flight of a Tomahawk cruise missile on an attack mission. At ev...
Humanity is in a serious pinch for energy as the world population balloons to 9 billion people by 2040.
PARIS — I met artist Andreas Kopp in early December, after a brisk pre-conference behind-the-scenes tour at LeWeb, in Paris. On my way out the door, rushing to catch my coat and the metro, I stumbled upon a group of German hipsters (They’re much more approachable that their American counterparts). Andreas and the Post It Art Creators team sprawled across giant sheets of paper, diligently sticking Post-it notes to a neatly organized grid.
The science is proven. The concept works. Whether it's built before humanity's looming energy crisis is up to us.
Shifting Propellers The propellers of WWII planes were significantly more advanced than those of previous generations. Variable-pitch propellers,
Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science after the Second World War: O'Reagan, Douglas M.: 9781421428871: Amazon.com: Books
Apple's NEW AI Features Are the FUTURE of technology APPLE is winning the ai WARApple's recent introduction of new AI features has sent shockwaves through th...
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chapter 5 of the audiovisual album "bounty" by iamamiwhoami.http://www.ionnalee.com/kronologimusic and performance by iamamiwhoami & ionnaleedirected by Robi...
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Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where you will work with hundreds of players to shape the outcome of a persistent online war. This is the ultimate game of collaborative strategy and tactics. Every action you take can have a powerful and permanent effect across a vast world in a constant state of war. www.foxholegame.com www.discord.gg/foxhole
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A deadly bird from any angle
Concept art for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
Using the American Civil War as a baseline, the course considers what it means to become "modern" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of "Big Business." Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms—all essential ingredients of modernity. Students taking the graduate version must complete additional assignments.
IBM’s SAGE is a large semi-automated air defense system from the Cold War era. It would analyze radar data in real-time to identify Soviet bombers. And it has built-in cigarette lighters and ashtrays at each console. It is the subject of Puzzle 47. Here you can see about half of the wall of vacuum tubes; the other half could not fit in the frame. Weight: 300 tons Cost: ~$10B This “company-making” sale was made personally by IBM founder Tom Watson, Sr. Built in 1954, deployed in 1958, obsolete by 1960. The last of 27 installations was shut down in 1983 (in Canada). In the final years, to the chagrin of the USAF, replacement vacuum tubes had to be bought from Soviet bloc countries. The software development “employed about 20% of the world’s programmers at the peak of the project. When it was complete, the 250,000 lines of code was the most complex piece of software in existence.” (Computer History Museum details) Update from below: I just met with a former IBM exec who remembers this program well. The debug protocol was poetic. Downtime was common. The diagnostic steps were: 1) Visualize it. With the room lights off, the active tubes could be seen glowing. A dark patch was indicative of a power rail connector problem. 2) Listen to the technology. Each of the SLT logic modules were wired through an OR gate and connected to an audio amp. So, as each logic module fired, it added to the acoustic summation. The engineers would listen to the song of the computer and could often recognize common variations. 3)Whack a Mole. If the acoustic pattern seemed erratic, out comes the rubber hammer. Each of the circuit modules would receive a hammer tap to see if the song remains the same. If it changed, then that indicated a loose connector had just been banged back into place. A fascinating exercise in pattern recognition across the emergent melodies of complex systems...
Interactive chatbot lets you speak in real-time with a World War I veteran -> http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/ww1-chatbot-australia/
