The QR Code: From a Go Board and a Car Parts Factory to Everywhere
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1994 the Japanese auto parts company Denso Wave had a bottleneck. A standard barcode held abo...
8 Loka 22min
The Rotary Dial: How a Spring-Loaded Wheel Shaped Emergency Numbers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!We still say we are dialing a number, though the dial itself is long gone. In 1892 Almon Brown S...
8 Loka 25min
The PDF: Frozen PostScript, Honor System Passwords, and Zip Bombs
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the early 1990s a formatted document sent from one computer to another often arrived scramble...
8 Loka 24min
Simon: How Ralph Baer Turned an Atari Flop Into a Toy Sensation
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1978 Milton Bradley launched a beeping plastic saucer at Studio 54, the most exclusive nightc...
8 Loka 19min
Dennis Ritchie: The Quiet Genius Behind C, Unix, and Your Phone
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In October 2011, days after the world mourned Steve Jobs, Dennis Ritchie was found dead at 70 in...
8 Loka 22min
Vantablack: The Blackest Material and the Art Feud It Ignited
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Coat a crumpled sheet of aluminum foil in Vantablack and the ridges disappear. What remains look...
8 Loka 23min
Bree Avery and Jessica Lee Rose: YouTube's First Star Was a Hoax
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In June 2006 a 95 second video appeared on YouTube, shot on a Logitech webcam in a bedroom dress...
8 Loka 22min
Orkut: Google's Forgotten Social Network That Conquered Brazil
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On January 22, 2004, Google quietly launched a social network named for the engineer who built i...
8 Loka 18min
