Category: Technology

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Cartoon A.T. comes to Washington

The Near Side of Utopia

Imagine, if you can, a region of, say, 100,000 people within which all food is locally raised, buildings are constructed from local materials, energy is harnessed from local power sources and all goods necessary for a healthy existence are made using locally available resources and

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1978 Microwave Review

The Old Song and Dance Routine, or, When in Trouble, Blame the Press It was a year of frantic scrambling and squirming on the part of officials in the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Congress, and the various federal agencies, who were

Mechanical Mule

The Mechanical Mule

I strapped my feet into the bicycle-like pedals and began pumping, turning a chain drive that slowly wound a thin steel cable onto a spool. About 50 feet down the field, a plowing attachment that was bolted to the end of the cable caught in

Empire State Building

From the Top of the Empire State Building, High Above New York

Last June, when the Bureau for Radiation Control of the New York City Department of Health announced its intention to establish a standard for environmental exposure to radio frequency and microwave radiation, a collective shudder passed through the radio and television broadcast industry. As well

Don Winter tending to the mysteries of a Monotype caster.

Good Night, Gutenberg

In a hot lead operation, any fool could make up a page of straight matter but it takes someone with a certain flair to put together a big display ad. Take one of those supermarket ads. You’ve got maybe six different typefaces in as many