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steve’s overview of tech history

The timeline of tech development presented by Steve yesterday was quite thorough … although it would be impossible to include every aspect there is one I’d like to add because it is a pet subject of mine.  Around the time of the Industrial Revolution another form of data storage and retrieval was invented.  It was the player piano.  Here’s a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano#1876-1890

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