Popular culture seems to think the concept of robots began around the time of Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, published in 1942. But a dive into the history of robots—loosely defined in this context as a machine capable of carrying out a pre-defined set of actions automatically—dates back hundreds of years before Asimov. A …
On this 249th birthday of the United States of America, I choose to celebrate what makes this country special and unique. I can think of no better way to remember those qualities than by publishing the words to ‘America the Beautiful.’ O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited …
The date was February 19, 1990. I was, um, significantly younger. That is the date the world was introduced to the brainchild of two brothers: Thomas and John Knoll. The world would never be the same. That was the date Photoshop 1.0 was released for the Macintosh computer. In recent years—particularly before the developments in …
Think back to your youth. If you had siblings, I would bet that you’ve experienced a tickle war at some point in your life. Being tickled is something that everyone has experienced at least once in their life. So why does science know so little about it? Charles Darwin and Socrates pondered the physical reaction …
During my photojournalism studies, we looked at iconic photographs from throughout the years. One image that is instantly recognizable by every American is the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima by members of the United States Marine Corps. Associated Press photojournalist Joe Rosenthal took this photograph on February 23, 1945, during the final stages …
Today, I want to look at June 6, 1944, D-Day. It has been 81 years since military troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in Operation Overload during World War II. To this day, it is still the largest seaborne invasion of a country in world history. A lot of people believe D-Day involved only …
How ironic is it that the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) published an article titled An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America. The article takes a look at an exhibition on display at Rijksmuseum titled American Photography running from February 7 to June 9. The exhibit includes what might …
So, I want to take a moment to build upon last Monday’s blog post about 1930s Chicago. I started to go off on a bit of a diatribe about our smartphone cameras and the current mindset around taking photographs. I looked for a good historical telling of the history of the camera through the centuries. …
I was a youngster on this date in 1981. Please don’t ask me what happened on this day because I honestly don’t recall any; it was that memorable. All I can say for sure is that it was a Saturday in Northwest Indiana. But the next day… Now, that was a day that was ingrained …
I grew up in Northwest Indiana. On a decent travel day, I could be in downtown Chicago in about an hour—although that doesn’t happen often with the region’s traffic. I recently learned of a YouTube video of the city during the 1930s Depression. What makes this video dynamically different from most of the footage people …
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