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Publisher: IEEE IEEE History Center 
 "The IEEE History Center is determined to preserve as source material for the future historians of technology the personal memories of pioneering electrical and computer engineers, the technologists who transformed the world in the 20th century. ... Most of the Center's resources are available on-line at this site." Includes articles, hundreds of oral histories, a bibliography, FAQs, and more. From the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/ Topics: Electrical Energy, Nonfiction by Genre, Science, Technology Last updated Nov 11, 2006 Powering the Electrical Revolution: Women and Technology
"Meet the exceptional women who overcame social barriers to make achievements in the fields of math and science and the ordinary women who made contributions to the telegraph, telephone, industrial manufacturing, and computing industries." Features essays on topics such as women and the communications industry, electricity and the housewife, women and computers, and women as engineers. Includes images and video clips. From the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Virtual Museum. http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?id=159251&lid=1 Topics: Science, Technology, Women Last updated Mar 11, 2008 IEEE 802.11: Wireless Local Area Networks
Large collection of documentation concerning IEEE 802.11, the working group for standards for wireless local area networks (LANs). The site contains highly technical information; a good starting point for general material is the "WG Info" drop-down menu at the top of the page. From IEEE (originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a "professional association for the advancement of technology." http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/ Topics: Computers Last updated Apr 30, 2008 The Rise of the Body Bots
This 2005 article surveys research and development related to exoskeletons, which "in military research labs, popular fiction, and movies, [have] come to mean a 'supersuit,' a system that can greatly augment a person's physical abilities." Includes images, sidebars about exoskeleton projects in the United States and Asia, and related links. From IEEE Spectrum magazine. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/the-rise-of-the-body-bots Topics: Technology Last updated Sep 24, 2009 Smart Parking Systems Make It Easier to Find a Parking Space
This October 2007 article discusses how "[f]rom an airport system that directs drivers toward open spaces to cities' replacing meters with pay stations, technology is changing the way we park." Includes description of finding a parking spot in an airport where sensors are embedded in parking space to detect whether the space is occupied, and photographing parked cars in place of chalking tires. From IEEE Spectrum magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/advanced-cars/smart-parking-systems-make-it-easier-to-find-a-parking-space Topics: Technology Last updated Oct 14, 2009 IEEE Global History Network: Jukebox
Brief history of the jukebox, covering the entertainment uses of the phonograph invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, the 1890 modification of the phonograph to be coin-operated and provided multiple listening tubes, the effect of the record industry's growth and the Great Depression on the popularity of the jukebox, controversies, and design. Includes links to related articles. From the IEEE Global History Network (GHN), built by members of the engineering organization IEEE and professional historians. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Jukebox Topics: Technology Last updated Apr 13, 2009 |
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