Looking for good books on the history of technologies. [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2008 - 17 answers

How is the meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to: Experience, Define and Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 12 answers

What kinds of high-technology things exist now but will only come to light 50 or 100 years from now? Speculative, but asking for concrete answers. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 41 answers

Please help me figure out how to obtain an electronic copy of an article titled "Why 1955? Explaining the Advent of Rock Music," by Richard A. Peterson. Google Books has a truncated version here, but I'd like the whole thing. [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 7 answers

I have an audio cassette tape which has been waterlogged and soaked in dirt for over 10 years. What are my options for respooling/fixing the tape with its contents intact? [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2006 - 12 answers

What are some good examples of technologies that end up being used for different or more numerous purposes than originally intended? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2006 - 39 answers

What are some facts, rumors, and speculation about secretive/mysterious organizations or events? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 20 answers

A colleague of mine wants to show a film (or clips from various films) to her class of media undergrads to help them better understand the pre-wired world -- before the Internet, ubiquitous PCs, mobile phones, 300 cable channels, etc. -- and specifically the 1960s milieu of IBM mainframes, punch cards, and centralized computing. Are there any films or even scenes from films that come to mind?
posted on Jan 3, 2004 - 20 answers