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History of Technology 1: Energy Sources
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Here comes the sun, doo doo doo doo… Seriously, it gives us energy so we don’t die. We’re hoping it keeps on coming.

History of Technology 1: Coal and the Industrial Revolution
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Mmm, burning coal… smells like the slow, toasty-warm destruction of the environment.

History of Technology 1: Waterwheels
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Waterwheels are crafty little thieves. Why? They stole a twenty out of our wallet once. Oh, and they also steal kinetic energy to do some useful th...

History of Technology 1: Windmills
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What's the deal with wind? And why does it have to be so...windy?

History of Technology 2: Wheels
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How did people move stuff around before the wheel was invented? More importantly, why didn't they take a break for a few minutes from moving stuff...

History of Technology 1: The Story of Coal
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When you're counting the chunks of coal in your stocking on Christmas morning, do you ever wonder where it came from? No? Okay, look...it's this at...

History of Technology 2: Changes in Transportation Technology
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Changes in transportation technologies have had a major effect on globalization throughout human history. It's time for a whirlwind tour, so...get...

History of Technology 1: Early Tools and Simple Machines
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What tools did prehistoric humans use to get things done? Yes, we're talking about even before Windows Vista.

History of Technology 1: The Big Picture
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When it comes to the history of human technology, it helps to look at the big picture. Especially if you have cataracts, and looking at the small p...

History of Technology 9.7: The Technology of War–Airplanes
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The improvement of aircraft during World War II permanently changed the nature of modern warfare. We do kind of wish we still painted cool sharks o...

History of Technology 1: All Things Energy
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Energy is pretty neat-o. It’s basically responsible for everything from the formation of the universe to the existence of cat videos.

History of Technology 2: Walking
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Back in our day, we had to walk all the way across the continent uphill in the snow, both ways.

History of Technology 1: The Last 10,000 Years
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We wonder what the next period of human technological history will be… we’re hoping it will include cyborgs and teleportation.

History of Technology 1: Energy Toolbox
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Without energy, none of us would be alive today… and we’re not talking about the kind of energy you get from a can or a double shot of espresso.

History of Technology 1: Post Mills and Tower Mills
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Windmills: they're good for more than just tricky miniature golf holes.

History of Technology 2: Introduction
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Transportation technology has evolved faster than you can say, "transportation technology sure has evolved!" ...Okay, not literally, obviously you...

History of Technology 1: The Industrial Revolution
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The Industrial Revolution was a monster. Seriously, we hear it's still terrorizing parts of Tokyo.

History of Technology 1: Oil Power
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The internal combustion engine and Automobile Era were resonsible for numerous things, chief among them, the invention of the Chizza. Don't know wh...

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