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Periodic Table of Chemical Elements: Multiple HTML tables include information about each of the chemical elements, including their historical names, dates of discovery, and electronegativities. The arrangement of elements is similar to conventional tables, but rotated counterclockwise, as illustrated at right. Syncopated also suggests a new position for hydrogen that is more consistent with rules regarding its electronegativity. The tables allow scalable viewing of elements in these combinations of orbital blocks: sharp, principle, diffuse and fundamental sharp, principle and diffuse sharp and principle sharp

An Introduction to Printed Circuit Boards: Nomenclature and historical development of printed circuit technology Family Tree of Key Computer Technologies: This large HTML table illustrates how key computer technologies of the last 50 years were derived from the first transistorized computers, the IBM 1400 series and CDC 160A. Computer Game Generations: Part of a series about entertainment and computer games, this article provides parameters for identifying generations of similar video game consoles. Modular Telco Connector Wiring: Need to wire modular Ethernet or similar connectors? Here is a good place to start.

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Common Threads: Media, Science, Technology, and Other Magic (The COVID-19 Chronicles – May 2020)

1. Introduction 
2. Remember the Y2K Problem?
3. A Brief History of Toilet Paper 
4. Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant
5. Pandemics and Recessions
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6. Silicon Valley, 1970-1993 
   • The American Landing
   • Growing Up in Silicon Valley
   • Indistinguishable from Magic
   • The Middle of the Action
   • My Atari Neighborhood
   • Advertising Online
   • Bringing in the Big Iron
   • Silicon Valley Ups and Downs
7. The Space Race 
8. Early Computers 
   • Early Computers
   • The Apollo Guidance Computer
     • My First Look at an AGC
     • The AGC Data Terminal
     • AGC Chip-Level Integration
     • AGC Board-Level Integration
   • Read-Only Memories
     • Developing Patterns for Read-Only Memories
     • Historical Capacities of Interactive Electronic Distribution Media
9. The First Microprocessors 
   • The First Microprocessors
   • MOS Technology and the Western Design Center
   • What Happened to Motorola?
     • Motorola’s Origin
     • 6800: Good Part, High Price
     • 68000: Zeroing-in on Target
     • PowerPC: AIM for POWER
     • Freescale Freefall
   • Six Sigma vs. Total Quality Management
     • Ignoring Communication from Customers
     • Ignoring Communication to Customers
     • Picking the Customers’ Pockets
     • Lying to and Abandoning Customers
10. Champions of the Space Age 
    • Launch Vehicles; table: Survey of Astronometric Distances 
    • Bow Ties and Bull Horns
    • SpaceX (Almost)
11. Cars That (Nearly) Drive Themselves 
    • Cars That (Nearly) Drive Themselves
      • Teaching Autonomous Robots to Navigate
      • Early Automotive Navigation Systems
      • Global Positioning System
    • Automating Automobiles
      • Levels of Automation in Driving
    • Benefits of Automated Driving
      • Reducing Driver Fatigue
      • Collision Avoidance and Mitigation
    • Risks of Automated Driving
      • Unreasonable Over-Reliance on Technology
      • Who is Responsible?

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