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Island Tinkerers
Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry
ISBN: 9780262549387
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 7, 2025
How Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing, from computer maker to the world's leading chip manufacturer.
Letterlocking
The Hidden History of the Letter
ISBN: 9780262049276
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 19, 2024
The rich history of a centuries-old document security technology—folding and securing a letter into its own envelope for delivery—and a comprehensive guide to learning how to make your own locked letters.
The Connectivity of Things
Network Cultures since 1832
ISBN: 9780262550741
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English.
Intellivision
How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie ®
ISBN: 9780262549509
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.
In through the Side Door
Fifty Years of Women in Interaction Design
ISBN: 9780262548892
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2024
The vital story of how women designers and researchers pioneered the field of interaction and user experience design for software and digital interfaces.
AI & I
An Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: 9780262548731
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 8, 2024
A concise and illuminating history of the field of artificial intelligence from one of its earliest and most respected pioneers.
Vox ex Machina
A Cultural History of Talking Machines
ISBN: 9780262546355
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
How today's digital devices got their voices, and how we learned to listen to them.
Cloud Policy
A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data
ISBN: 9780262548069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
How the United States' regulation of broadband pipelines, digital platforms, and data—together understood as “the cloud”—has eroded civil liberties, democratic principles, and the foundation of the public interest over the past century.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262551014
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
Island Tinkerers
Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry
ISBN: 9780262549387
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 7, 2025
How Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing, from computer maker to the world's leading chip manufacturer.
Letterlocking
The Hidden History of the Letter
ISBN: 9780262049276
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 19, 2024
The rich history of a centuries-old document security technology—folding and securing a letter into its own envelope for delivery—and a comprehensive guide to learning how to make your own locked letters.
The Connectivity of Things
Network Cultures since 1832
ISBN: 9780262550741
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English.
Intellivision
How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie ®
ISBN: 9780262549509
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.
In through the Side Door
Fifty Years of Women in Interaction Design
ISBN: 9780262548892
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2024
The vital story of how women designers and researchers pioneered the field of interaction and user experience design for software and digital interfaces.
AI & I
An Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: 9780262548731
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 8, 2024
A concise and illuminating history of the field of artificial intelligence from one of its earliest and most respected pioneers.
Vox ex Machina
A Cultural History of Talking Machines
ISBN: 9780262546355
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
How today's digital devices got their voices, and how we learned to listen to them.
Cloud Policy
A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data
ISBN: 9780262548069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
How the United States' regulation of broadband pipelines, digital platforms, and data—together understood as “the cloud”—has eroded civil liberties, democratic principles, and the foundation of the public interest over the past century.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262551014
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.