"At every level, concepts and technologies codevelop. Yet this extensive interpenetration of concepts and technical objects has not corresponded to sustained engagement between intellectual history and the history of technology..."

[Boosting this #CFP for #histSTM, #histtech & #STS friends!]

🗃️📜⚙️

Inventor Nathan Ramasarma demonstrates his formsense smart leggings, which create a real-time virtual avatar of the athlete with data overlaps to help improve performance. Credit: Nathan Ramasarma.

Wonderful New Interfaces article by ASU's Arthur Daemmrich & Smithsonian NMAH's Eric Hintz "Sports in an Algorithmic Era." On #ai #data #sports #histtech (A bases clearing, slam dunk, hole-in-one, hat trick of insights!)

cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces (Article Link)

calling all #histtech and environmental historians with books in the works!

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

'AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying'. Without a doubt, a smart decision by the Guardian to publish this brilliantly-written #HistSTM piece. #HistTech #MilHist #HistWar 🗃️

TODAY! To close this term's seminar series, we will have PhD researcher Jieluan Huang to discuss her paper 'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study.'

#histmed #histsci #histtech #histstm

@kingshistory.bsky.social

Detail of the interior mechanism of an early modern clock from 1550

On today's schedule: Analyzing an #EarlyModern clock from 1550! ❤️ #HistSci #HistTech #HistSTM 🏛️ 🗃️ 🔩

Renaissance Heavy Metal One of the most fascinating and spectacularly illustrated Renaissance books on science and technology is De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (1494–1555). Translated into English the author’s name …

Georg Agricola, author of De re Metallica, was born 24 March 1494 #histsci #histtech
thonyc.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/r...

Call for Applications: 2026 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize – Envirotech

📢CfA: 2026 Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize! The prize recognizes innovative publications that explore new ways of thinking about the interplay between technological systems and the natural environment. Early-career scholars especially encouraged! #histtech #envhist
🗓 Deadline: July 1, 2026

This Wednesday! We wrap up our seminar series this term with:

'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study' – Jieluan Huang
🗓️ Wednesday 25 March
🕰️ 15.30-17.00
📍8th floor, Strand building

#histmed #histsci #histtech #histstm

@kingshistory.bsky.social

Map titled 'How the Trolleybus Spread by 1900', subtitled 'The experiments. 7 lines opened, 3 still running.' Seven markers are scattered across the US (Reno, Hill City, Greenwich) and Europe (Berlin-Halensee, Paris, Issy, Chillon-Villeneuve). Most are outline (already closed), three are filled (still running). The map is mostly empty.

How the trolleybus spread. By 1900, seven trolleybus lines had been tried across nearly two decades. Berlin-Halensee was first in 1882. The thought crossed to America, then back to the Paris Exposition in 1900.

#history #histtech

For researchers: a useful list of techniques to sharpen your googling.

h/t @alondra.bsky.social

#skystorians #histsci #histmed #histtech

Three men on a four-wheeled wagon on a dirt road. Cables run from the wagon up to two overhead wires. Rural setting with trees, fences, barns in the background, and a horse on the right side. Credit line reads Sci.Am.N.Y.

October 1897. Trolley road wagon of W. G. Caffrey of Reno, Nevada. A vehicle that draws current from overhead wires but runs on ordinary roads. No rails.

#history #histtech #electricvehicles

Screenshot of a lockscreen wallpaper, showing the interior of a decorative, gilded early modern clock with blued, floral-like components.

My new lock screen wallpaper has me marvelling at the craft of #EarlyModern clockmakers every time I look at my phone ❤️
#HistSci #HistTech #HistSTM 🗃️

📌 Coming up in our seminar series next week!

Jieluan Huang, 'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study'
🗓️ Wednesday 25 March
🕰️ 15.30-17.00
📍8th floor, Strand building

www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series

#histmed #histsci #histtech #histstm

@kingshistory.bsky.social

Call for Abstracts
2nd International Conference
The History of the Philosophy of Technology
October 26-28, 2026
Maastricht University

Theme: national and regional traditions

Abstracts by 25 May 2026

fasos-research.nl/history-of-p...

#philtech #hopot #hopos #histtech

Detail of the interior of an Early Modern clock, showing decorative, blued screws.

Jetzt geht's los! Object analysis ❤️ 🔩
#EarlyModern #HistSci #HistTech #ArtHistory #HistSTM #MaterialCulture 🗃️ 🏛️

Obviously, this was the first term I checked after learning about the Newton glossary!

newtonglossary.com/terms/eat-up...

#AppleNewton #Apple
#histSTM #histtech
#Simpsons #EatUpMartha

Freue mich sehr auf meine erste GTG Konferenz und den Austausch in einem Feld, das ich bisher eher nur am Rande der #EnvHist , Sammlungs- und Universitätsgeschichte kennen lernen konnte. Aber wenn #EnergyHistory ,
#HistTech & #Museum zusammen kommen, dann bin ich mit Begeisterung dabei. Wer noch?

The fantasy (and hubris) of technological objects when they are in fact envirotechical things
#histtech #envhist #envirotech

📢 „Un|Sichtbarkeiten – Energiegeschichte zwischen Materialität, Praxis und Repräsentation“
Jahrestagung der @gtg-histtech.bsky.social 7.-9. Mai 2026, in Zusammenarbeit mit PITCH und LWL. ➡️ Anmeldung bis spätestens 26. April unter: eveeno.com/gtg-jahresta... #histtech #envirotech #energyhistory

Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 | KingsCHoSTM Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM

Many thanks to all attending our webinar tonight. We are thrilled to see so many people interested in researching the history of science, technology and medicine!

Don't miss the chance, the Hans Rausing Scholarship call for applications is still open!

#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm

Thinking about Joel Tarr's classic book, The Search for the Ultimate Sink.

And the power of metaphors:
sink vs. "crematorium" for satellites.
#envhist #histtech

#envhist #envirotech #histtech

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗼-𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹? 📱

Join us for this upcoming S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk by Taomo Zhou (National University of Singapore)!

Zoom: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histtech 🧪

An Envirotechnical Disaster: Nature, Technology, and Politics at Fukushima | Environmental History: Vol 17, No 2 Abstract This essay uses literatures and concepts from environmental history, the history of technology, and disaster studies to analyze what took place at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on M...

On this 15th anniversary of 3.11, #Fukushima as an envirotechnical disaster
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/...

#envirotech #histtech #envhist #disasterstudies

Tomorrow! Join us for a discussion of @mrweatherburn.bsky.social 's "Taylorism transcends."

🗓️ Wed 11 March
🕰️ 15.30-17.00
📍S8.08, 8th Floor, Strand Building

More information on how to access the material below.

@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histstm #management

Webinar: Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM A webinar to orient prospective students on pursuing an MA and PhD in the history of STM, and how to apply to the Hans Rausing Scholarship.

Interested in pursuing a research degree in the history of STM? Or do you know someone who might? Come to our webinar:

📌 Thursday 12 March
🕰️ 17.00-18.00 GMT

Registration required via Eventbrite ⬇️

#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm

@kingshistory.bsky.social
@kingsartshums.bsky.social

The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology Jessica van Horssen creates a tribute film to Joy Parr, highlighting her legacy, influence, and everyday-life approach despite limited visual archives.

In "The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology", @historiamagoria.bsky.social introduces a new tribute film that she recently released.

niche-canada.org/2026/03/06/t...

#envhist #histtech #cdnhist #genderhistory #history

Fertility Technology Donna J. Drucker Donna J. Drucker’s Fertility Technology provides a comprehensive and critical examination of the history of fertility technologies, tracing their evolution

Many thanks to @curiefan.bsky.social for her thoughtful and generous review of my @mitpress.bsky.social book _Fertility Technology_ in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. #histmed #histtech academic.oup.com/jhmas/advanc...

“Green Anarchy, Primitivism, and the Critique of Technology” Is technology neutral, or is it the architect of our alienation? In this March 2005 lecture, anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan argued that civilization itself—defined by domestication, divis...

And lastly, a lecture by anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan from 2005, in which he argues that civilization itself—defined by domestication, division of labor, and industrial technology—is the root cause of modernity’s ecological and psychological dysfunctions. #histtech #envhist
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