Today’s technology advances what passport control has been doing for more than a century. In all three cases, the authorities had the wrong people. In all three, it was face recognition technology ...

Technologies of the court, 1450-1600 -- Techniques of commerce, 1588-1740 -- Geographies of industry, 1740-1851 -- Instruments of empire, 1840-1914 -- Science and systems, 1870-1930 -- Materials of ...

In Technology and the Environment in History, the authors discuss the important topics, historical processes, and scholarly concerns that have emerged from recent work in thinking about envirotech.

Like many cultural holidays Indigenous Peoples' Day has become more than a simple holiday with bank closures; it's a reclamation of identity, culture and justice. What are the best ways Indigenous ...

In an evolving and increasingly digitized media landscape, cadets are leading through innovation with the United States Military Academy’s Digital History Center. As a discipline, digital history ...

Cynicism is a quality taken almost for granted in tech journalism, and certainly we are as guilty as the next publication. But both the risk and the promise of technology are real, and a new ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — At any given time, some 300 projects are running through the Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center to help with military readiness. Right now, ...

Technology and innovation led to the decline of the trolley system. In the 1920s, automobiles, trucks, horse-drawn vehicles, and trolleys were all competing for space on the same public roads.

The test subject that produced the first 3D magnetic resonance image was quiet and a bit hairy. Tough on the outside, the patient was a big softie at heart. It was also not human. Nobel Prize-winning ...

“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...

Sharrona Pearl receives funding from Interfaith America. In all three cases, the authorities had the wrong people. In all three, it was face recognition technology that told them they were right. Law ...