The infrastructure industry is notoriously slow to adopt new technology and consequently has missed out on the benefits that other sectors have realized through modernization. With the goal of ...

Text messaging used to be the be-all and end-all for the Generation Y. Back in the days where the Nokia 3310 reigned as the top phone, used by every kid in the school playground, it was the most ...

“We are facing a 21st-century storm with 20th-century technology,” said Zeb Smathers, mayor of Canton, a small town 30 minutes west of Asheville. “It has hindered everything: ...

After decades of nebulous developments into robotics in the 20th century, real-world uses are finally being found in everything from recycling, to caring for the elderly.

Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine ‘There is incredible work going on. This is not it,’ one critic said.

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Sears pioneered the modern prefab house in the early 20th century: Look back at 'kit homes' Sears helped pioneer the latest technology available to modern homebuyers in the early part of the 20th ...