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A little over one year ago the oldest time capsule discovered in American history was opened. It was discovered in the cornerstone of the Boston …
Read MoreLast week we published Part I, featuring 5 classic time travel tales. These next five Time Travel books are more recent and anchor themselves in …
Read MoreTime travel has intrigued people for as long as, well, time. There are no hard and fast rules, but for over a hundred years writers …
Read MoreLászló Moholy-Nagy, cover for Qualitat photo review, 1926 Joost Schmidt, poster for a Bauhaus exhibition, 1923 Our exhibit, Portals, has prompted the following question about …
Read MoreProvidence 2050: Raymond Two Hawks Watson
As part of our Providence 2050: Visualize Tomorrow project, community activist Raymond Two Hawks Watson imagines how Rhode Island could become a future destination for …
Read MoreLISTEN TO SOUNDS OF THE FUTURE FROM 1969!
Listen to what forward-thinking 1960s computer scientists created when people were first beginning to consider music created by, or with, computers. These selections come from …
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