Patented: History of Inventions
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Spam Spam Spam, glorious Spam! Who invented Spam Emails? Just how much Spam activity is there online? And how will we survive once Spam AI gets going?
Spam has been the nemesis of the internet since its earliest days. And soon AI-powered spambots will force us to radically change our online behaviour if we don’t want to be perpetually duped.
Taking us on a tour of the murky world of spammers is Finn Brunton, Professor at UC Davis in Science and Technology Studies and author of the book Spam: a Shadow History of the Internet.
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Things vs. Humans: the spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects
First Ever Submarine
Inventing Fire: the First Spark of Humanity
Rise and Fall of High Heels
Sunglasses
Deep-Sea Submersibles & the Titan Disaster
Patriarchy
Donald Hebb: Brainwashing in the Cold War
Medieval Swords
Marie Curie
Nanotechnology
Wernher Von Braun: Nazi Father of Rocket Science
Digital Calculators
Oppenheimer: Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
Coca Cola: A Backyard Invention
Fritz Haber: Inventor of Poisonous Gas
Inventing Hello Kitty
Thermos Flask: A Hot and Cold History
The Walkman: The First Intimate Technology
Chewing Gum: From the Aztecs to Avocados
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