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Thewheel, invented sometime before the 4th millennium BC, is one of the most ubiquitous and important technologies. This detail of the "Standard of Ur", c. 2500 BCE., displays a Sumerianchariot

Technology is the application ofconceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in areproducible way. The wordtechnology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangibletools such asutensils ormachines, and intangible ones such assoftware. Technology plays a critical role inscience,engineering, andeveryday life.

Technological advancements have led to significant changes in society. The earliest known technology is thestone tool, used duringprehistory, followed by thecontrol of fire—which in turn contributed to thegrowth of thehuman brain and the development oflanguage during theIce Age, according to thecooking hypothesis. The invention of thewheel in theBronze Age allowed greater travel and the creation of more complex machines. More recent technological inventions, including theprinting press, telephone, and theInternet, have lowered barriers to communication and ushered in theknowledge economy. (Full article...)

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  • Image 1 Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, by Frank Bramley. National Railway Museum, York Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet, FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a British ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham. He was described as being "as famous in his day as Isambard Kingdom Brunel". Bell was an energetic and skilful entrepreneur as well as an innovative metallurgist. He was involved in multiple partnerships with his brothers to make iron and alkali chemicals, and with other pioneers including Robert Stirling Newall to make steel cables. He pioneered the large-scale manufacture of aluminium at his Washington works, conducting experiments in its production, and in the production of other chemicals such as the newly discovered element thallium. He was a director of major companies including the North Eastern Railway and the Forth Bridge company, then the largest bridge project in the world. (Full article...)
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    Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, byFrank Bramley.National Railway Museum, York

    Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet,FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a Britishironmaster andLiberal Party politician fromWashington, County Durham. He was described as being "as famous in his day asIsambard Kingdom Brunel".

    Bell was an energetic and skilful entrepreneur as well as an innovativemetallurgist. He was involved in multiple partnerships with his brothers to make iron andalkali chemicals, and with other pioneers includingRobert Stirling Newall to make steel cables. He pioneered the large-scale manufacture of aluminium at his Washington works, conducting experiments in its production, and in the production of other chemicals such as the newly discovered elementthallium. He was a director of major companies including theNorth Eastern Railway and theForth Bridge company, then the largest bridge project in the world. (Full article...)
  • Image 2 Delaware Route 261 (DE 261) and Pennsylvania Route 261 (PA 261), also known as Foulk Road, is a 6.63-mile (10.67 km) state highway running through Delaware and Pennsylvania. DE 261 runs 4.37 miles (7.03 km) through New Castle County, Delaware from an interchange with U.S. Route 202 (US 202) and DE 141 north of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Fairfax, Delaware, a community north of Wilmington, northeast to the Pennsylvania state line. The road runs through suburban areas of Brandywine Hundred as a four-lane road south of DE 92 and a two-lane road north of DE 92. At the Pennsylvania state line, Foulk Road becomes PA 261 and continues 2.26 miles (3.64 km) through Bethel Township in Delaware County, intersecting PA 491 in Booths Corner before ending at an interchange with US 322. DE 261 was originally designated along Foulk Road in the 1930s. In the 1960s, most of the route was widened into a four-lane road. The southern terminus at US 202 was reconstructed into an interchange in the 2000s. PA 261 was first designated in 1928 along Foulk Road between the Delaware state line and PA 61 and PA 161 in Chelsea. The route was extended north along Valley Brook Road to US 1 in Chester Heights by 1940. The northern terminus of PA 261 was moved to its current location by 1980. (Full article...)
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    Delaware Route 261 (DE 261) andPennsylvania Route 261 (PA 261), also known asFoulk Road, is a 6.63-mile (10.67 km) state highway running throughDelaware andPennsylvania. DE 261 runs 4.37 miles (7.03 km) throughNew Castle County, Delaware from an interchange withU.S. Route 202 (US 202) andDE 141 north ofInterstate 95 (I-95) nearFairfax, Delaware, a community north ofWilmington, northeast to the Pennsylvania state line. The road runs through suburban areas ofBrandywine Hundred as a four-lane road south ofDE 92 and a two-lane road north of DE 92. At the Pennsylvania state line, Foulk Road becomes PA 261 and continues 2.26 miles (3.64 km) throughBethel Township inDelaware County, intersectingPA 491 inBooths Corner before ending at an interchange withUS 322.

    DE 261 was originally designated along Foulk Road in the 1930s. In the 1960s, most of the route was widened into a four-lane road. The southern terminus at US 202 was reconstructed into an interchange in the 2000s. PA 261 was first designated in 1928 along Foulk Road between the Delaware state line andPA 61 andPA 161 inChelsea. The route was extended north along Valley Brook Road toUS 1 inChester Heights by 1940. The northern terminus of PA 261 was moved to its current location by 1980. (Full article...)
  • Image 3 Bruce Robert Jackson (3 June 1949 – 29 January 2011) was an Australian audio engineer who co-founded JANDS, an Australian audio, lighting and staging company. He joined American touring audio engineer Roy Clair and mixed concert stage monitors for Elvis Presley in the 1970s. With Clair Brothers, a concert sound company, Jackson designed audio electronics including a custom mixing console. Beginning in 1978, Jackson toured as Bruce Springsteen's band engineer for a decade, using Clair Brothers sound systems. A business interest in Fairlight CMI in Sydney introduced Jackson to digital audio, and he subsequently founded the digital audio company Apogee Electronics in Santa Monica, California, where he lived at the time. After selling his share of Apogee, Jackson co-founded with Roy and Gene Clair a joint venture which produced the Clair iO, a loudspeaker management system for control of complex concert sound systems. Jackson turned the venture commercial with the help of Dave McGrath's Lake Technology. Dolby Laboratories bought the technology and formed Dolby Lake with Jackson as vice president, then in 2009 Lab.gruppen acquired the brand. Jackson was honoured with the Parnelli Innovator Award in 2005 for his inventive loudspeaker controller. While still a partner at Apogee, Jackson began touring with Barbra Streisand, mixing concert sound and serving as sound designer from 1993 to 2007. With two other audio engineers he received an Emmy Award for sound design and sound mixing on Streisand's TV special Barbra: The Concert. Jackson worked on sound design for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and served as audio director for the opening and closing ceremonies. He performed the same role in Doha, Qatar, at the 2006 Asian Games and in Vancouver, Canada, at the 2010 Winter Olympics. (Full article...)
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    Bruce Robert Jackson (3 June 1949 – 29 January 2011) was an Australianaudio engineer who co-founded JANDS, an Australian audio, lighting and staging company. He joined American touring audio engineer Roy Clair and mixed concertstage monitors forElvis Presley in the 1970s. WithClair Brothers, a concert sound company, Jackson designed audio electronics including a custommixing console. Beginning in 1978, Jackson toured asBruce Springsteen's band engineer for a decade, using Clair Brothers sound systems. A business interest inFairlight CMI inSydney introduced Jackson todigital audio, and he subsequently founded the digital audio companyApogee Electronics inSanta Monica, California, where he lived at the time. After selling his share of Apogee, Jackson co-founded with Roy and Gene Clair a joint venture which produced the Clair iO, a loudspeaker management system for control of complex concert sound systems. Jackson turned the venture commercial with the help of Dave McGrath's Lake Technology.Dolby Laboratories bought the technology and formed Dolby Lake with Jackson as vice president, then in 2009Lab.gruppen acquired the brand. Jackson was honoured with the Parnelli Innovator Award in 2005 for his inventive loudspeaker controller.

    While still a partner at Apogee, Jackson began touring withBarbra Streisand, mixing concert sound and serving as sound designer from 1993 to 2007. With two other audio engineers he received anEmmy Award for sound design and sound mixing on Streisand's TV specialBarbra: The Concert. Jackson worked on sound design for the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and served as audio director for the opening and closing ceremonies. He performed the same role inDoha, Qatar, at the2006 Asian Games and inVancouver, Canada, at the2010 Winter Olympics. (Full article...)
  • Image 4 The Bus Time smartphone interface during its Manhattan launch on October 7, 2013 MTA Bus Time, stylized as BusTime, is a Service Interface for Real Time Information, automatic vehicle location (AVL), and passenger information system provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York City for customers of its bus operations under the New York City Bus and MTA Bus Company brands. First tested in late 2010 and officially launched in early 2011, MTA Bus Time was installed in all MTA bus routes in New York City by 2014. The software uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology equipped in buses to relay real-time location information to passengers via internet-enabled devices (particularly smartphones), SMS messages, or countdown clocks installed at bus stops. Since 1996, the MTA had tried to install positioning technology for buses through numerous pilot programs, which were implemented in various stages. (Full article...)
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    The Bus Timesmartphone interface during itsManhattan launch on October 7, 2013

    MTA Bus Time, stylized asBusTime, is aService Interface for Real Time Information,automatic vehicle location (AVL), andpassenger information system provided by theMetropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) ofNew York City for customers of itsbus operations under theNew York City Bus andMTA Bus Company brands. First tested in late 2010 and officially launched in early 2011, MTA Bus Time was installed in all MTA bus routes in New York City by 2014.

    The software usesGlobal Positioning System (GPS) technology equipped in buses to relay real-time location information to passengers via internet-enabled devices (particularlysmartphones),SMS messages, orcountdown clocks installed at bus stops. Since 1996, the MTA had tried to install positioning technology for buses through numerous pilot programs, which were implemented in various stages. (Full article...)
  • Image 5 Front of Pittsfield station in March 2006 The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (often referred to as the ITC or the Scelsi ITC) is a transit facility located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. The $11 million facility is named after Joseph Scelsi, a longtime State Representative who represented Pittsfield. Owned by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA), it is serviced by local BRTA bus services, Amtrak intercity rail service, and Peter Pan intercity bus service. The second floor of the building houses two classrooms used by Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Railroad stations have been located in downtown Pittsfield since the Western Railroad opened in 1841. The original station burned in 1854; after its replacement proved inadequate, a union station was constructed in 1866 to serve the Western plus the Housatonic Railroad and the Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. A second, larger union station replaced it in 1914. The New Haven Railroad and New York Central Railroad moved to smaller depots in 1960 and 1965, and Union Station was demolished in 1968. Rail service to Pittsfield ended in 1971 but returned in 1975 and moved to a new shelter downtown in 1981. The facility ITC opened in 2004 to combine local and intercity bus and intercity rail operations into one location. (Full article...)
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    Front of Pittsfield station in March 2006

    TheJoseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (often referred to as the ITC or the Scelsi ITC) is a transit facility located in downtownPittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. The $11 million facility is named afterJoseph Scelsi, a longtimeState Representative who represented Pittsfield. Owned by theBerkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA), it is serviced by local BRTA bus services,Amtrak intercity rail service, andPeter Pan intercity bus service. The second floor of the building houses two classrooms used byBerkshire Community College andMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

    Railroad stations have been located in downtown Pittsfield since theWestern Railroad opened in 1841. The original station burned in 1854; after its replacement proved inadequate, aunion station was constructed in 1866 to serve the Western plus theHousatonic Railroad and thePittsfield and North Adams Railroad. A second, larger union station replaced it in 1914. TheNew Haven Railroad andNew York Central Railroad moved to smaller depots in 1960 and 1965, and Union Station was demolished in 1968. Rail service to Pittsfield ended in 1971 but returned in 1975 and moved to a new shelter downtown in 1981. The facility ITC opened in 2004 to combine local and intercity bus and intercity rail operations into one location. (Full article...)
  • Image 6 A revolving automatic pancake machine A pancake machine is an electrically-powered machine that automatically produces cooked pancakes. It is believed that the earliest known pancake machine was invented in the United States in 1928. Several types of pancake machines exist that perform in various manners, for both commercial and home use. Some are fully automatic in operation, while others are semi-automatic. Some companies mass-produce pancake machines, and some have been homemade. (Full article...)
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    An automatic pancake machine
    A revolving automatic pancake machine

    Apancake machine is an electrically-powered machine that automatically produces cookedpancakes. It is believed that the earliest known pancake machine was invented in the United States in 1928. Several types of pancake machines exist that perform in various manners, for both commercial and home use. Some are fully automatic in operation, while others are semi-automatic. Some companiesmass-produce pancake machines, and some have been homemade. (Full article...)
  • Image 7 Stop Group C on the Marq2 transit corridor. The Marq2 transit corridor is a north–south thoroughfare in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It consists of the parallel streets of Marquette and Second avenues in the downtown area. Each public streetway has two contraflow bus lanes with two lanes available for general-purpose traffic in the opposite direction. Vehicular transit flows south on Marquette Avenue and north on Second Avenue. The inner curb lane allows buses to stop for riders, while the second bus-only lane allows buses to pass each other along the corridor. Bus routes that operate on the corridor stop at every other block at an assigned gate with each route assigned a northbound and southbound gate. Gates are assigned letters A, B, C, or D on Marquette Avenue and E, F, G, and H on Second Avenue. Custom bus shelters are installed at each stop with heaters and real time transit information. The corridor primarily serves express buses operated by all five public transit agencies in the Twin Cities. Transit has existed in the corridor since 1879 with the opening of steam railways which were eventually replaced by streetcars, and then buses. After both streets were converted to one-way traffic, a contraflow bus lane was installed in the 1970s. Eventually the corridor's capacity became overwhelmed with the amount of buses so that operating conditions and speeds were severely impacted. The city of Minneapolis proposed consolidating express bus traffic in the city in the corridor and secured funding to reconstruct the streets in 2007. The redesign added an additional bus lane, increased space for pedestrians, and improved waiting amenities for customers. Upon opening in 2009, capacity for buses in the corridor was tripled, which allowed most express bus service in downtown Minneapolis to be consolidated onto the two streets. Operating speeds increased in the corridor, and some trips took 10 fewer minutes to travel out of downtown. The Metro Orange Line began using the corridor in 2021 when it began operation. (Full article...)
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    Stop Group C on the Marq2 transit corridor.

    TheMarq2 transit corridor is a north–south thoroughfare inMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It consists of the parallel streets of Marquette and Second avenues in thedowntown area. Each public streetway has twocontraflow bus lanes with two lanes available for general-purpose traffic in the opposite direction. Vehicular transit flows south on Marquette Avenue and north on Second Avenue. The inner curb lane allows buses to stop for riders, while the secondbus-only lane allows buses to pass each other along the corridor. Bus routes that operate on the corridor stop at every other block at an assigned gate with each route assigned a northbound and southbound gate. Gates are assigned letters A, B, C, or D on Marquette Avenue and E, F, G, and H on Second Avenue. Custom bus shelters are installed at each stop with heaters and real time transit information. The corridor primarily serves express buses operated by all five public transit agencies in theTwin Cities.

    Transit has existed in the corridor since 1879 with the opening of steam railways which were eventually replaced by streetcars, and then buses. After both streets were converted toone-way traffic, a contraflow bus lane was installed in the 1970s. Eventually the corridor's capacity became overwhelmed with the amount of buses so that operating conditions and speeds were severely impacted. The city of Minneapolis proposed consolidating express bus traffic in the city in the corridor and secured funding to reconstruct the streets in 2007. The redesign added an additional bus lane, increased space for pedestrians, and improved waiting amenities for customers. Upon opening in 2009, capacity for buses in the corridor was tripled, which allowed most express bus service in downtown Minneapolis to be consolidated onto the two streets. Operating speeds increased in the corridor, and some trips took 10 fewer minutes to travel out of downtown. TheMetro Orange Line began using the corridor in 2021 when it began operation. (Full article...)

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