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The Technology That Allowed the Titanic Survivors to Survive
The 700 people who escaped from the disaster owed their lives to the inventor of radio.
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The 700 people who escaped from the disaster owed their lives to the inventor of radio.
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After quadrupling in the second half of the 20th century, retail work is stuck and declining as a share of the economy
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The automated car of the past would have relied on an electrified road.
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Five innovations that transformed our visual language.
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
This disease-hunting bot is based on the sea lamprey.
Facebook
Its return to the past could reveal the network's future.
Cutting-edge tech -- algorithms and robots and drones -- could save lives during natural disasters.
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An instructional program piloted by the search giant wants to help bridge the Internet's generational divide.
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America's university-innovation engine is the envy of the world. Let's not change that.
Prelinger Archive
A 1960s documentary by Ford is a whirlwind history of automotive design and innovation, culminating with the Mustang in 1964.
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Earlier this week, I asked Atlantic readers to share how they come up with their best ideas. Here's what you said
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Jim Marshall's famous black box allowed bands to be heard by larger crowds than ever before.
Skillshare
We're witnessing the beginning of a much-needed revolution in education.
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David Brooks is right: The U.S. economy is an uneven landscape, where highly productive sectors rub up against industries that are adding people more than technology. What's the fix?
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Some people say you can't teach start-ups. "They're ignorant," Blank says.
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The presidential campaigns have the technology to know more about voters than any other bids in history.
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The networks are joining the government to create a mega-database of stolen phones.
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This is a story about how innovation happens. It begins in 1386 after the great Papal Schism (seriously), demonstrates the ability of universities to foster capitalism, and concludes with a surprising hero of the modern world: lawyers.
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Call it the post-employee economy: The digital revolution is creating billions of dollars of wealth in a second world without people.
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A sensor embedded in Phillips' new monitor helps you keep track of your posture, which is only a little creepy.
The world may never run out of oil—and the consequences could be dire. Plus: avoiding the worst parts of death, Henry Kissinger's statesmanship, reconsidering hair metal, and more.
