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History turns on a billion tiny moments. Thanks to luck or errors of judgment, a man like John Wilkes Booth can walk into Lincoln’s theater box and change

Who laid the groundwork for modern technology? Modern inventions like transistors, ICs and wireless communications didn’t come out of thin air; thousands of brilliant scientists and inventors had to discover every aspect of the electronic technology that made them possible over the last few hundred years. by Dr David Maddison

The fax machine will join a heap of other devices in the great electronic graveyard, including the floppy disk, the pager and the VHS cassette.

It was not until the 1960s, when American firm Xerox introduced the first modern fax machines for office use, that the devices were catapulted into the mainstream. Above: Xeroxs LDX in 1964.

If you're a regular reader you'll have seen the recent article on those freaky, terrifying versions of the azhdarchid pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus from the 1970s and 80s. We looked at Guy Michel's version from 1979 and Richard Orr's spectacularly colourful rendition from 1984.

This two-part series ventures through the history and technology used in video displays, from the Nipkow disc and the earliest CRT screens to the latest in quantum dot and laser displays. The first part of this series covers the earliest technologies up to the advent of LCD screens. by Dr David Maddison

Television has certainly come a long way since its beginnings. It’s almost impossible to imagine what TV will be like 100 years from now.

Scandza: Total War version 1.0 has been released! Scandza: Total War is a mod for Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion, set during the Migration Period with an original map of Scandinavia and its immediate surroundings.

Abschaffung verhindert: Japanische "Fax-Fans" zwangen Regierung in die Knie Verwendung hätte mit Ende Juni untersagt werden sollen. Auch in deutschen Unternehmen sind Faxgeräte noch recht weit verbreitet Foto: Getty Images/notwaew In Zeiten von verschlüsselten E-Mails, signierten PDF-Dateien, Messengern und Videochat wirken sie wie ein Relikt aus einer anderen Ära. Faxgeräte sind für viele wie ein Relikt aus einer anderen Ära. Technisch gesehen sind sie das auch, denn der erste Proof-of-...