When Allen Ginsberg gave his first public reading of his poem Howl in San Francisco in 1955, the American literary scene was undergoing a radical shift. More than ever before, writers were evocatively ...

When it comes to EDUCAUSE, I like to think of myself as something of a member of the loyal opposition. Often, I find myself wishing that EDUCAUSE could be more critical about educational technology, ...

__1876: __Thomas Edison receives a patent for the mimeograph. It will dominate the world of small-press-run publication for a century. Before the inkjet printer, before the laser printer, before the ...

A failure in the helium flow of the SLS rocket has prompted NASA to delay the Artemis II moon mission. Rather than March 6, the launch is now targeted for April.

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to EdTech and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Today, many teachers and students probably think nothing of copying a document.

Before the laser printer, before the Xerox, and before the carbon copy, there was the mimeograph machine. In 1876, Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) filed a United States patent for autographic printing by ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

When I was at the library recently, I reviewed a 1946 publication by an urban planning agency. The purple color of the text of the document jogged my memory. The pages had been printed on a ditto ...

What do you do when you miss out on a few classes because of your absence? You either take the notes from your best friend and write a copy for yourself, or just run it through a photocopier and get ...