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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2786: Ingenuity Leashed

Posted on June 2, 2022 · Episode: 2786 Creativity Leashed: How a new way of looking at computers got away. Today, learning from an Alto.

Tags Apple Computers computer mouse Macintosh personal computers Steve Jobs xerox Xerox Alto Xerox PARC

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2785: Killer-App

Posted on May 26, 2022 · Episode: 2785 VisiCalc: early killer-app. Today, column D, row 3.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2791: The Death of the Floppy

Posted on June 16, 2022 · Episode: 2791 The death of the floppy disk. Today, floppy, but never a flop.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2789: Impact Printers

Posted on June 9, 2022 · Episode: 2789 The evolution from impact to non-impact printers. Today, we don't make an impact.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2236: Industrial Design

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Posted on June 3, 2022 · Episode: 2236 Industrial Design: Showing us how function is art. Today, another look at form and function.

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