Composite post on History of Technology in the Arts

The history of Technology in the Arts is almost Synonymous with the history of technology....
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COMPUTERS:

Rennaisance Community Church interview with Kim Fast - see history section on class hard drive

History of the Personal Computer - 1947 to 2007 (1980s herald the period of the practical use of a personal computer)
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Technology News - an interview with Tom Ferguson which includes a look at historical Church contribution to technology and its development. CIN = 7

History of Computers - computers for use in the church didn't become feasible until the late 1980s.
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A Short History of Technology - a book that looks at technology from early man to 1900CE
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Church History and the Computer - This article describes the Pope John XXIII project whose aim is to produce a computer-aided index of all the Pope's writings in both Italian and Latin; as well as future projects currently under consideration. CIN = 5 (full textnot available)

OTHER:

Multimedia histories : from the magic lantern to the internet / edited by James Lyons and John Plunkett. (PN 1993.5 A1 M85 2007) - the first book to explore in detail the vital connections between today's digital culture and an absorbing history of screen entertainments and technologies. It moves from the magic lantern, the stereoscope and early film to the DVD and the Internet.

Multimedia History - This chronology explores the origins and evolution of the components that comprise modern-day multimedia. CIN = 7

Multimedia: from Wagner to virtual reality - This Website is the interactive companion to the book of the same title, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. A unique collection of seminal essays, the print edition traces a fertile series of collaborations between the arts and the sciences, going back to the years just after World War II – and even further, to composer Richard Wagner, whose ideas about the immersive nature of music theater foreshadowed the experience of virtual reality. CIN = 6

History of the Overhead Projector - The overhead projector facilitates an easy low-cost interactive environment CIN = 5

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1350805/history-of-technology#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=history%20of%20technology%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia Technology in the ancient, from the middle ages to 1750, the industrial revolution...the 20th century.cin=5

http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/rojc/mdic/history.html The philosophy of technology does not have a clear beginning. However, modern philosophers and historians frequently point to the rationalists and empiricists of the early 17th century as a source of thought which began to combine philosophy and science in new ways.cin=5

http://www.recording-history.org/ The Sound Recording Technology History Site explores the history and impact of the inventions that changed the way we listen. cin=5

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Complete/Subjects/28_13.html Quite a few books on History of Technology......check it out!!!!!! cin=3

visual media technology in Christian worship
http://www.calvin.edu/worship/lit_arts/media/visual_tech.pdf A THESIS Submitted to Michigan State University. It covers history of VMT in worship from 1910 to 2000 and so much more. I found it interesting.cin=3