History of Technology

Bridging science and society in the emerging bioeconomy
MIT News - History
Bridging science and society in the emerging bioeconomy Biology has long been used in agriculture, medicine, and materials. The 21st century has brought increased investment in biology as a potential tool for humanity’s collective advancement, giving rise to what experts are calling the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy uses renewable ...
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How MIT’s 10th president shaped the Cold War
MIT News - History
How MIT’s 10th president shaped the Cold War Today, MIT plays a key role in maintaining U.S. competitiveness, technological leadership, and national defense — and much of the Institute’s work to support the nation’s standing in these areas can be traced back to 1953.Two months after he took ...
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Young and gifted
MIT News - History
Young and gifted James Baldwin was a prodigy. That is not the first thing most people associate with a writer who once declared that he “had no childhood” and whose work often elides the details of his early life in New York, in ...
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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history
News Archives - The National Archives
Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history Our first education service delivered locally with North East Museums will allow young people in North East England to work with our historic records without having to travel to London.
This new opportunity has been made possible by an exciting partnership ...
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From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love
News Archives - The National Archives
From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026.
Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is ...
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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors
News Archives - The National Archives
The National Archives Welcomes New Directors  
Tobi Adetimilehin
We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her  term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025.
Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead ...
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How collective memory of the Rwandan genocide was preserved
MIT News - History
How collective memory of the Rwandan genocide was preserved The 1994 genocide in Rwanda took place over a little more than three months, during which militias representing the Hutu ethnic group conducted a mass murder of members of the Tutsi ethnic group along with some politically moderate members of the ...
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Fostering MIT’s Japan connection
MIT News - History
Fostering MIT’s Japan connection Born and raised in Japan as part of a military family, Christine Pilcavage knows first-hand about the value of an immersive approach to exploration. “Any experience in a different context improves an individual,” says Pilcavage, who has also lived in Cambodia, ...
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The National Archives and RIBA to partner
News Archives - The National Archives
The National Archives and RIBA to partner The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the conclusion of the V&A+RIBA ...
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A new lens on humanity
MIT News - History
A new lens on humanity When the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) launched in fall 2024, it was designed to elevate scholars at the frontiers of human-centered research and education, and to provide them with resources to pursue their most innovative and ambitious ideas. At the inaugural MITHIC ...
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Using design to interpret the past and envision the future
MIT News - History
Using design to interpret the past and envision the future Some of designer C Jacob Payne’s projects present new, futuristic products — such as zero-gravity footwear for astronauts, and electronic-embedded ceramics — using technological tools and processes of digital fabrication, material innovation, and interactive interfaces. Other projects travel back in ...
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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule
News Archives - The National Archives
More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005.
They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another ...
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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill
News Archives - The National Archives
Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February.
Edward Tilney’s ...
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Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology
MIT News - History
Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome’s storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still used some 2,000 years after their creation.In 2023, MIT Associate ...
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Revisiting a revolution through poetry
MIT News - History
Revisiting a revolution through poetry There are several narratives surrounding the American Revolution, a well-traveled and -documented series of events leading to the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence and the war that followed. MIT philosopher Brad Skow is taking a new approach to telling ...
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Where climate meets community
MIT News - History
Where climate meets community The MIT Living Climate Futures Lab (LCFL) centers the human dimensions of climate change, bringing together expertise from across MIT to address one of the world’s biggest challenges.The LCFL has three main goals: “addressing how climate change plays out in ...
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Q&A: How folk ballads explain the world
MIT News - History
Q&A: How folk ballads explain the world Traditional folk ballads are one of our most enduring forms of cultural expression. They can also be lost to society, forgotten over time. That’s why, in the mid-1700s, when a Scottish woman named Anna Gordon was found to know three ...
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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025
MIT News - History
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025 The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty members in core computing and shared positions to the MIT community. They bring varied backgrounds and expertise spanning sustainable design, satellite remote sensing, decision theory, and the development of new ...
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The “Mississippi Bubble” and the complex history of Haiti
MIT News - History
The “Mississippi Bubble” and the complex history of Haiti Many things account for Haiti’s modern troubles. A good perspective on them comes from going back in time to 1715 or so — and grappling with a far-flung narrative involving the French monarchy, a financial speculator named John Law, and ...
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