History Column
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Your Engineering Heritage: Technology in a Time of Plague
Disney's “Togo” is instructive in what it has to tell us about the use of technology in public health, an issue that we face today.
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IEEE REACH Aims to Close the Gap in Students’ Technology and Engineering Literacy Skills
IEEE REACH provides resources to teachers and students to address the shortfall in tech and engineering literary skills among U.S. students.
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Your Engineering Heritage: Antoinette and Early Flight Simulation
The French aviation manufacturer Antoinette developed one of the earliest working simulators for instructional purposes.
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IEEE REACH Program Asks Kids: How would your life be different without electric lighting?
IEEE REACH's eighth and newest inquiry unit focuses on the evolution of modern lighting, from oil lamps to LED technology.
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A Master Class in Ingenuity
On the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, IEEE Members share their memories of creating the technologies used in space.
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IEEE Summer Program Encourages Teens to TryEngineering
IEEE recently launched a summer program to expose teenagers to engineering, and help them to understand the impact that an engineering career can have.
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IEEE’s REACH Program Enhances Technological Literacy Skills in the Pre-University Environment
The IEEE History Center’s REACH program uses history to enhance the technological literacy skills of pre-university students.
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Jim Brittain and History at IEEE
James E. Brittain, a soft-spoken electrical engineering professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who died in March 2018, was largely responsible for establishing IEEE's History Center.
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There’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
As this sweltering North American summer of 2018 drags on, a lot of attention has been paid around the world to a different kind of temperature…the heating up of the relationship between the United States and Russia.
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Innovation Looks Both Forward and Backward: How History Fosters Technological Progress
Can an understanding of history foster innovation? Certainly many great innovators have said so. Here in their own words—via the oral history collection of the IEEE History Center—are some of the ways innovators have drawn upon history to assist the process of invention.