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In a pre-fibre world, modems would do most of the heavy lifting. No Paywall, No Problem, Read on Substack. In a world with silent, solid-state drives, high-performance CPUs and high-speed broadband, the ’90s-era modem looks positively ancient by mode...
Canned food would help humans explore and conquer the globe.It seemed to be a rough old life before the evolution of the Industrial Age and the beginnings of modern technology. Water was dirty, sanitation was poor, and while food preservation techniq...
One of the biggest benefits of modern chemistry has been the ability to identify and isolate new materials and products. This has helped to bring evolution to the forefront, as humanity has placed a greater value on synthetic fibres. While early clot...
Sometimes, the most humble inventions can have the biggest impact.In the last few articles, we’ve taken a walk back through some of the things that helped us enable globalisation. As part of this, we explored the Shipping Container, the Container Shi...
One of the most obvious features of our modern world is the way things interconnect. While this typically will make us think of things like smartphones and the internet, the reality is that this runs far deeper than just that. A great way to underst...
