11 stories tagged history-of-technology, newest first.
148 points by edwardog | 80 comments
A project site presenting the 1505 Löffelholz Codex, a Nuremberg knight's tool book, page by page with facsimiles, transcriptions, modern readings and interpretations.
163 points by cainxinth | 92 comments
An American Scientist article from 2011 examining the history and fate of holography; the capture shows only a browser verification screen.
194 points by glinscott | 65 comments
An illustrated essay by Gary Linscott on how Industrial Revolution machine tools like the screw-cutting lathe achieved precision from iron.
11 points by sans_souse | 1 comments
Wikipedia article on standard diving dress, the copper-helmet hard-hat diving suit formerly used for deep underwater work like salvage and naval diving.
643 points by helloplanets | 76 comments
A website presenting animated versions of the illustrations from Henry T. Brown's 1868 book 507 Mechanical Movements, showing belts, pulleys and other mechanisms.
347 points by yen223 | 169 comments
An illustrated essay site on how everyday items in a modern apartment were once marvels, opening with Edward Bellamy's vision of music on demand.
438 points by glinscott | 87 comments
An illustrated interactive explainer by Gary Linscott on how the steam beam engine worked and powered the Industrial Revolution.
612 points by qassiov | 233 comments
A London blog post marking 100 years since the first television demonstration, held above what is now Bar Italia in Soho.
486 points by louisfd94 | 107 comments
An interactive visualization by Étienne Fortier-Dubois mapping technological history from 3 million years ago to today, with about 1948 technologies and their connections.
408 points by pavel_lishin | 389 comments
Blog post by Mark Dominus imagining which modern inventions would or would not astonish Benjamin Franklin, from streetlights and the internet to Wikipedia and Moon landings.
336 points by 1970-01-01 | 224 comments
A New York Heritage digital collections item showing a 1912 photograph of a woman with a rectifier and an electric car.