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    Relic: Deep Blue

    German chess player Siegbert Tarrasch once said, “One doesn’t have to play well, it’s enough to play better than your opponent.” What do you do when your opponent is...

    Relic: Motorola dynaTAC

    Today, your smartphone is essentially a computer and a phone rolled into one, convenient little package. However, there was a time when a phone was still a phone and...

    Relic: Typewriter

    One of the major inventions in history was the printing press. It allowed publishers to roll out copies of books quickly at a far lower cost than writing each...

    Relic: von Neumann Architecture

    The basis of all of today’s computers, whether it’s a top-of-the-line gaming PC or an average smartphone, can be traced back to von Neumann architecture. The architecture is named...

    Relic: Phonograph

    The phonograph is one of the earliest methods of playing music in the home.  Today, we can stream to any wireless speaker using our smartphones, tablets, or laptops.  Audiophiles...

    Relic: Answering Machine

    Today, if you miss a call on your phone, it goes straight to voicemail and you can hear it later. Between the invention of the phone and the invention...

    Relic: Mario Paint

    Artists can draw creative ideas from anywhere. Whether it’s on a canvas, on the tablet, or making costumes, the idea of art is universal and anyone can do it....

    Relic: Sony Walkman

    Picture yourself in the late 1970s and you want to put on the latest tunes. Some popular artists during the time were Fleetwood Mac, who had the top selling...

    Relic: K’Nex

    When one thinks of building things as a hobby, everyone talks about Legos. These were a large staple of my childhood and gave me a lot of things to...