Everyday Things
New choices in consumer goods
While goods get cheaper, some fight on for ‘truth to materials’ and ‘good design’.
Personal computers & information networks
Inventors barely out of school start a global computer revolution.
Atomic Clocks
The time by which we all live is now maintained by incredibly accurate atomic clocks. Find out how they work, why we need their accuracy and how they may become even better in the future.
Typewriters
The invention of the typewriter had little initial impact on those who only trusted their pens. Yet as acceptance grew, so the machine became a stimulus for changes in the workplace, and an icon of a time before the personal computer.
