200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor | IEEE Spectrum
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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor | IEEE Spectrum

““Faraday knew the power of quick publication, and in less than a month he wrote an article, "On Some New Electromagnetic Motions and the Theory of Electromagnetism," which was published in the next issue of the Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts. Unfortunately, Faraday did not appreciate the necessity of fully acknowledging others' contributions to the discovery.”

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Socialism's DYI Computer | Tribune Magazine
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Socialism's DYI Computer | Tribune Magazine

“The reason for this resurgent interest in Galaksija is perhaps due to the fact that this exciting and little-known episode in computer-science history is pregnant with counterfactual potential. Galaksija embodies a destratification of today’s technological hierarchy, a tacit ideological assertion that computing machinery should be for the masses, cheap and available to everyone, and that neither money nor technical know-how need be barriers to entry.”

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