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Women in tech, a computer marriage, and Y2K in 1973

Hi! Welcome! Before getting into this week’s content, a PSA: this project also has an Instagram account. If you like your history in picture form, check it out.

History! In pictures!

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Women in tech

In...

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Art, music, speech recognition, and computers according to kids

Computers according to kids

In 1970, Data General Corporation, a minicomputer manufacturer, ran a contest challenging children to make art about the computer. What started as a promotional stunt became something akin to an anthropologi...

5 years ago
3

Computer dating, playing God, and a printer for Chinese

Computer dating

This week in 1969, a computer-dating company called Compatibility took out a full-page ad trying to persuade singles to “be comfortable with computer dating.”

Compatibility served photos of potential suitors to client...

5 years ago
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Space, gaming for girls, burgers, and human obsolescence

Space

This week in 1963: the AP reported on two very important questions about the space program: what would astronauts eat, and how would they shave?

The first American spaceflight, in 1961, lasted just 15 minutes. Now, NASA had its s...

5 years ago
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Hacking, synthetic speech, privacy, and robot therapists

Hacking

This week: China allegedly hacked lots of stuff. (Their position: No, we didn’t. You did. Which, I mean...)

This week in 1973: The Morning News opinion page described “a science fiction fantasy” where a “programmer” infects com...

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