The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “technology”

Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects
Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects

The ever-expanding definition and cultural role of design in the age of sensors, data, and responsive interfaces.

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Summer Reading List 2012: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine
Summer Reading List 2012: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine

The science of creativity, the creativity of science, and what your internal clock has to do with Saudi Arabia.

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Thomas Edison’s To-Do List, 1888
Thomas Edison’s To-Do List, 1888

What ink for the blind has to do with marine telegraphy and electrical pianos.

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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

What undersea cables have to do with Brooklyn squirrels.

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Douglas Adams’s Prophetic Vision for the Evolution of the Book
Douglas Adams’s Prophetic Vision for the Evolution of the Book

How we went from boulders to scrolls to screens.

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Alan Turing: Church, State, and the Tragedy of Gender-Defiant Genius
Alan Turing: Church, State, and the Tragedy of Gender-Defiant Genius

On the man who was caught between the past and the future in clothes a size too small, and profoundly changed our lives anyway.

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Chasing Venus: When the World Came Together to Measure the Heavens
Chasing Venus: When the World Came Together to Measure the Heavens

What Ben Franklin, Sweden, and a lucky break in the clouds have to do with the distance to the Sun.

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Color Harmony: An Animated Explanation of How Color Vision Works circa 1938
Color Harmony: An Animated Explanation of How Color Vision Works circa 1938

Vintage black-and-white film explains the wonders of color vision.

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Alice in Wonderland, in 24 Vintage Magic Lantern Slides Based on Sir John Tenniel’s Iconic Illustrations
Alice in Wonderland, in 24 Vintage Magic Lantern Slides Based on Sir John Tenniel’s Iconic Illustrations

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

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The Dalai Lama on Science and Technology
The Dalai Lama on Science and Technology

Pain, pleasure, and what sets man apart from machine.

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