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From Renaissance medals to the Jaguar E-Type car bonnet: mechanised production and the making of luxury goods

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2021
It is often assumed that the development of mechanised production technology and the making of luxury goods are incompatible. Arising from familiar narratives of the Industrial Revolution and echoes of Arts and Crafts thinking, high volume commodities ...
Charles Ormrod
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Troublesome telephony: how users and non-users shaped the development of early British exchange telephony

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2015
When exchange telephony was first marketed to the British public by the early telephone companies in the late nineteenth century it was as an intuitive technology requiring no specialist knowledge or training.
Dr Michael Kay
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo: el patrimonio histórico, científico, tecnológico y educativo … y las funciones de la universidad [PDF]

open access: yesCabás, 2017
Con ocasión de la conmemoración del centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, a lo largo de 2016 se ha llevado a cabo un denso programa de actividades, promovido desde la asociación cultural Amigos de la Cultura Científica, que han dado contenido al ...
Redondo, F. A. G.
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Context, Cosplay, and (Re)configurations: Centering the Geek at the Heart of Science Fiction Pedagogy

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2021
The course "Science Fiction: Humanity, Technology, the Present, the Future" uses fandom as a motivator for pedagogical development, promoting participation and engagement by encouraging students to embrace their fan passions.
Kimon Keramidas, Fiona Haborak
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‘Great ease and simplicity of action’: Dr Nelson’s Inhaler and the origins of modern inhalation therapy

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2017
Unveiled at the conclusion of a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1861,[1] ‘Dr Nelson’s Improved Inhaler’ was one of the most important milestones in the genesis of reliable treatment of respiratory ailments in the modern era ...
Barry Murnane   +3 more
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Paimio Sanatorium under Construction

open access: yesArts, 2018
Alvar Aalto created innovative architecture in his breakthrough work, Paimio Sanatorium, located in Southwestern Finland and designed between 1928 and 1933.
Marianna Heikinheimo
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Prague postal time service: clock and sirens – improbable connection

open access: yesActa Polytechnica
The goal of this paper is to present the origin, development, and technical parameters of the Postal Time Service, which was established in the capital of Czechoslovakia – Prague, gradually in the years 1933–1935.
Martin Dominik Hrtus
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Post-Hype Uses of Drones in News Reporting: Revealing the Site and Presenting Scope

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2020
Camera-equipped drones have emerged as an increasingly commonplace tool for media to acquire aerial imagery. Previous research has mainly focused on the innovative aspects and creative potential of the technology.
Jonas Harvard
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tunisian engineers: protagonists of Tunisia’s modernisation. Two key moments: 1956 and 1987

open access: yesActa Polytechnica
Engineers have played a key role in Tunisia’s modernisation process during and after its independence. They were crucial in almost all aspects of life. From the beginning of the reformist project, they were close to power and even made demands according
Amani Mansouri   +1 more
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