History of Technology News & Articles - IEEE Spectrum

Early carmakers decided women wanted cars that were quiet, clean, and easy to start
How a breakthrough in electromechanical energy conversion helped shape the motors and generators that drive modern industry
It gave Wall Street traders and analysts an unprecedented window on global markets
Alessandro Volta invented his electric pile to disprove Luigi Galvani’s “animal electricity”
Learn how ice, wind and vegetation load overhead distribution lines at the same time
Adversarial attire can’t stop AI cameras, but can disrupt them
Join Stephen Cass, Special Projects editor, tinkerer, and nerd extraordinaire on his journeys to repair vintage tech, explore cool places, build new devices, and ultimately add to his hoard of technological bits and bobs.
Canadarm handled payloads on space shuttle missions for 30 years
Developed by Lockheed Martin, it cut errors and costs
Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project
The Magnetophon also gave rise to the laugh track
As autonomous AI agents work together, verifying their actions, enforcing security policies, and maintaining accountability becomes increasingly difficult
Teenage nerds in New Jersey were hacking before the PC and the Internet
Colossus cracked Germany’s encrypted communications
Model what you can’t yet measure. See how COMSOL Multiphysics speeds electromagnetic manufacturing scale-up
How fireworks became the technology of celebration