IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Mathematical instruments have long ...

Before the smartphone, the laptop and the pocket calculator, there was a powerful mechanical computer. Our new series, Tools of the Trade, begins... The Slide Rule: A Computing Device That Put A Man ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This instrument consists of a plastic ...

Most people have heard of or seen slide rules, with older generations likely having used these devices in school and at their jobs. As purely analog computers these ingenious devices use precomputed ...

An early computing device invented by Reverend William Oughtred in London in the 17th century. Primarily for multiplication and division, the slide rule has two stationary sets and one sliding set of ...

For about 350 years, humanity’s most innovative handheld computer was something called a slide rule. As typewriters once symbolized the writer, slide rules symbolized the engineer. These analog ...

Less than a year ago we told you about the Tiroler, a titanium ring that's a rather clever alternative to the boring ol' tape measure. Well, its makers are back with a new take on the concept, which ...

Slide rule bezels are arguably the most underrated watch feature. Although the technology is antiquated, like most watch features, it is unique, fun to play with and a great conversation starter. The ...

Mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) is a unique regime with various potential applications in fingerprint detections. Besides, it is also one of three atmospheric transmission windows which shows many ...

When is a line not a line? When it’s a series of tiny dots, of course! The line is actually tiny, laser-etched craters, 0.25 mm center-to-center. That’s the technique [Ed Nisley] used to create a ...