Relic
Relic: Iron Lung
During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has had to advance at rates never seen before. One of the first big leaps in technology followed the flu pandemic a century earlier,...
Relic: GRiDPad
Going to school during COVID-19 is going to be radically different. You’re going to be on Zoom and socially distancing from your teachers and classmates. You can use laptops,...
Relic: Multi-User Dungeon
Today, we can all interact with each other online through various methods such as text messaging, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, game distribution platforms such as Battle.net and Steam,...
Relic: BASIC
Go underneath the hood of your computer (or any laptop or smartphone) and you’ll encounter a programming language. Some of these programming languages include C++ (the most widely recognized...
Relic: Carburetor
The very word carburetor itself seems like a relic of the ancient past. However, the carburetor is a pretty recent invention. It was used in cars for much of...
Relic: NeXT Computer
Steve Jobs was known as one of the most innovative technological minds in the history of personal computers. Having started Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak, he had become...
Relic: The Morris Worm
Cybersecurity is of utmost importance today. Simple things such as having a strong password can help protect against this, but people have used passwords such as birthdays, names of...
Relic: Napster
20 years ago, the process of sending files through the Internet was a slow and painstaking affair. Music files would take minutes (or even hours) to send. Today, we...
Relic: Overhead Projector
You’ve seen one in every classroom (especially if you are my age or older), and they’ve been used to highlight important things you learn in any sort of class,...