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Fall 2004


Volume 20, Issue 2

FEATURES

BRADFORD W. PARKINSON KNEW THAT A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT THE OBSTACLES HE FACED WEREN’T ALL TECHNOLOGICAL

SAMUEL COLT’S REVOLVER CHANGED THE WORLD OF GUNS—AND THE REST OF THE WORLD TOO

HUMANS HAVE SPENT MILLENNIA DEVISING ELABORATE WAYS TO TRAP INSECTS. THEY’RE FINALLY GETTING GOOD AT IT.
IN 1966 THE AIR FORCE VERY PUBLICLY MISPLACED A HYDROGEN BOMB OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN

FIFTY YEARS AGO A TRANSISTOR RADIO CALLED THE TR1 STARTED THE REMAKING OF THE WORLD BY SEMICONDUCTORS

THE INNOVATORS WHO MADE DIGGING TUNNELS HIGH-TECH

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