Getting ready for another Industrial Revolution
The mining industry provides the raw materials needed by almost everything else in our economy. But it doesn’t employ that many people – just 670,000 Americans. Instead, it’s focusing on intelligent mining operations. More and more jobs are being done by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robots. The British/Australian…
Top 10 Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a time of great change. New strategies and technology for mining iron led to many advancements in manufacturing. But many other inventions changed the way people lived and worked. Important inventions such as the steam engine, the spinning jenny, and the telegraph had huge impacts of…
Note: Each post links to a current event story related to this 12-Story Library book. Our editors hand-select each story and write each post.
We loved learning about these photos from from the @AZHistSociety's Mexican Heritage Project collection this aftern… https://t.co/4Xqgo3QNeI
(about 1 day ago)@smithsonian @kathlbrrn @Loretta_Swit @alanalda @mashmatters We haven't heard of any plans yet, but we'll forward t… https://t.co/AuSUbhRfej
(about 1 day ago)RT @SmithsonianChan: "Fernando-mania” gripped the nation's baseball fans in the 80s, propelling a 19-year-old Mexican immigrant to supersta…
(about 1 day ago)RT @TheDurhamMuseum: Is your family a baseball family? For Leopoldo Martinez & his family the ❤️ of the game ran deep. Explore their story…
(about 1 day ago)
Have a suggestion? See something that’s not right?
Let us know! info@12storylibrary.com