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Tech in the Real World

Technology history, engineering and documented real-world consequences.

By Make Tech Easier Editorial · Jun 8, 2026

When the SS Great Eastern laid the first working transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866, a message that had taken ten…

Jun 8, 2026 Masahiro Hara and Denso engineers built the QR code in 1994 to help Toyota suppliers scan car parts from any angle… By Make Tech Easier Editorial
Jun 4, 2026 Every Apollo guidance computer that flew to the Moon had its software literally woven by hand at a Raytheon factory… By Make Tech Easier Editorial
May 27, 2026 When Konrad Zuse switched on the Z3 in his Berlin workshop in May 1941, he had just built the first programmable… By Make Tech Easier Editorial
May 26, 2026 In 1945, Ruth Bourne was one of the young Wrens operating more than 100 Bombe machines at Eastcote, phoning in good… By Make Tech Easier Editorial