Profile America: The First Stoplight
The first U.S. traffic light flashed red and green at the intersection of 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, OH.
The first U.S. traffic light flashed red and green at the intersection of 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, OH.
The Phenomenon That is Pokémon Go Koi Germany, Jr., Staff Writer The bus ground to a halt at my stop. I alighted, dug into my pocket, and fumbled around for my iPhone before finally firing up the app. I stared […]
MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES SREE SREENIVASAN AS CITY’S NEW CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER NEW YORK––Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced Sree Sreenivasan as the City’s new Chief Digital Officer. Sreenivasan has served as the first Chief Digital Officer at the […]
On this date in 1955, the Atomic Energy Commission sold electric power from a General Electric nuclear reactor.
On this date in 1995, Amazon.com launched its business of selling books online out of a two-car garage in Bellevue, Washington.
One of the most important inventions of our time — the transistor — was announced in early July 1948 by Bell Laboratories (New Jersey).
As you battle, train, and capture your Pokémon just remember you’re still in the real world.
Saturday, June 25th was the anniversary of the first color television broadcast in 1951.
On this date in 1868, Christopher Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin received a patent for the first practical typewriter.
Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS Labs developed the 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record — first shown to the public on this date in 1948.
The first commercial computer, the 13-ton UNIVAC I, began its 12 year — or 73,000-hour — career of number crunching for the bureau in this date 65 years ago.
A home entertainment revolution began on this date in 1975 when the videocassette recorder was introduced.
The oldest challenge to house cleaning — dust — motivated Ives McGaffey of Chicago to patent the first vacuum cleaner in the U.S. this week in 1869.
Today marks the 172nd birthday of the World Wide Web. Only it was electro-mechanical, not digital.
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