History Day

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• 75 Years of Human-Computer Interaction and its Impact on Society
  Our report From Punch Cards to Brain Computer Interfaces: 75 Years of Human-Computer Interaction describes how HCI evolved from the early years of computing in the 1950s, when the subject was dominated by a small number of mainframes, to today’s world where we talk about Graphical User Interfaces and interactive displays used by billions of people.
• Absolute Units: 'Origin Story (with Adam Kozary)' [the story of the 'absolute unit' meme]
  In April 2018, we shared a photo of a very large sheep on Twitter with the caption 'look at this absolute unit'. Before we knew it, this sheep had changed our museum's fortunes forever. For our first-ever episode of Absolute Units, we're joined by – former MERL social media manager from 2012 to 2019 and father of the Absolute Unit post–to revisit the story behind our most viral moment. What did it take for a museum to go viral on the Internet? What was its role in our history? And what did it mean for our future? Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Themetune by Tai Dawson. Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan Producer: Joe Vaughan
• Archives Portal Europe: the European archival heritage in one click
  Archives Portal Europe allows searches into 1000s of archives from 30+ countries, in 20+ languages, through a simple keyword search - we like to call it the Google of archives. This is a short video presentation of what APE does for #HistoryDay North
• Eight thought leaders give their views on where AI is taking us
  Against a backdrop of growing concern (and excitement) our industry theme for May 2023, is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and we have been exploring our archives to find out what interviewees have had to say about the technology from their careers and experience from 1960s to the present day.
• From bricks to bendables: 40 years of Mobile Phones
  It’s been 40 years since the first mobile phones went on sale in the UK and the first networks to support them were built, and in the words of Ben Wood, founder of the Mobile Phone Museum and Chief Analyst at CCS Insight: “No other invention in recent memory has shaped how we live more fundamentally than the mobile phone.”
• RGS Newcastle 500th Microsite
  Explore our RGS 500th microsite, marking 500 years since the founding legacy of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. The site covers all aspects of the school's long history, arranged into ten key themes and featuring images from our archive collections. Find out more about the history of our various sites, our traditions, academic life, sporting heritage, and many other topics.
• Stories of the Internet from the pioneers who made it happen
  Looking through our archive we can map many of the internet’s significant developments from initial ideas to tests as well as its commercialisation, initial uses and benefits and risks to society. Pioneers Vint Cerf, Peter Kirstein and Jim Norton have all been recorded by AIT about their work on packet switching and the emergence of the internet and A Michael Noll on its commercialisation. We also have interviews with internet entrepreneur Eva Pascoe, who encapsulates the pioneering spirit of the first internet teachers and users and with Professor Bill Dutton, who was the founding director of the Oxford Internet Institute, a research centre focusing on the societal opportunities and challenges posed by the internet.
• The History of IT – A Timeline
  Significant Events in the history of IT and Tech in the UK
• The Met Office and supercomputers: a timeline
  The Meteorological Office, or Met Office for short, was established in 1854 and issued its first storm warning in 1861. Today it is known as the United Kingdom’s national meteorological service and is at the forefront of critical weather services and world-leading climate science.
• Whitby Gazette Articles Dec 2006 - July 2014 - Beth Mead
  A selection of Whitby Gazette articles tracking Beth Mead's rise to selection for the England Football squad from Dec 2006 - July 2014