# Technology Decks

Imported and community decks waiting for editorial categorization.

Canonical URL: https://shipslides.com/c/technology
Deck count: 24

## Decks

### AI & Machine Learning
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-ai-and-ml
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-ai-and-ml/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: technology, and

A 70-year arc that stalled twice, then accelerated past most of its critics. Below: dates, names, and the equations that built modern AI. Key sections include: The long path from neuron to network.; 1943–1958: The neuron, formalized.; The two AI winters.; 1986: Backpropagation, popularized.; Convolutions and the GPU.; 2012: AlexNet and the spark.; 2017: Attention is all you need.; Scaling laws.; The modern LLM stack.; Multimodal & tool use..

Outline:
1. The long path from neuron to network.
2. 1943–1958: The neuron, formalized.
3. The two AI winters.
4. 1986: Backpropagation, popularized.
5. Convolutions and the GPU.
6. 2012: AlexNet and the spark.
7. 2017: Attention is all you need.
8. Scaling laws.
9. The modern LLM stack.
10. Multimodal & tool use.
11. Agents.
12. Alignment & safety.
13. Watch this.

### Biotech
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-biotech
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-biotech/llms.txt
Slides: 12
Tags: technology, biotech

A century of laboratory technique reduced biology to a programmable substrate. Fourteen pages on what we built, what we mean by it, and what it might do next. Key sections include: Reading, Writing, Editing Life.; The molecular turn.; Recombinant DNA.; PCR — a chain reaction in molecular cloning.; Sequencing — reading the text.; Sequencing humanity.; CRISPR — programmable scissors.; mRNA — code as medicine.; Synthetic biology, computational biology, AI.; Glossary..

Outline:
1. Reading, Writing, Editing Life.
2. The molecular turn.
3. Recombinant DNA.
4. PCR — a chain reaction in molecular cloning.
5. Sequencing — reading the text.
6. Sequencing humanity.
7. CRISPR — programmable scissors.
8. mRNA — code as medicine.
9. Synthetic biology, computational biology, AI.
10. Glossary.
11. The film, in three minutes.
12. Open problems.

### Blockchain
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-blockchain
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-blockchain/llms.txt
Slides: 14
Tags: technology, blockchain

We survey eighteen years of cryptographically secured distributed ledgers, beginning with the publication of Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto in October 2008. We trace the evolution from proof-of-work value transfer (Bitcoin) to general-purpose smart-contract platforms (Ethereum), the rise and fall of decentralized finance and non-fungible tokens, and persistent technical and... Key sections include: Blockchain: A Critical Survey of Cryptographic Consensus Systems, 2008–2026; I. Introduction; II. Bitcoin: design and operation; III. Ethereum and smart contracts; IV. Consensus mechanisms; V. Decentralized Finance (DeFi); VI. NFTs; VII. Scaling; VIII. The persistent critique; IX. Recommended viewing.

Outline:
1. Blockchain: A Critical Survey of Cryptographic Consensus Systems, 2008–2026
2. I. Introduction
3. II. Bitcoin: design and operation
4. III. Ethereum and smart contracts
5. IV. Consensus mechanisms
6. V. Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
7. VI. NFTs
8. VII. Scaling
9. VIII. The persistent critique
10. IX. Recommended viewing
11. X. Open problems
12. Appendix A. A worked example: a Bitcoin block header.
13. Appendix B. Cumulative exploits, 2014–2025.
14. XI. References

### Compilers
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-compilers
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-compilers/llms.txt
Slides: 32
Tags: technology, compilers

A compiler is a program that translates a program. The input is source code in one language; the output is an executable program — usually in machine code, sometimes in another high-level language, sometimes in bytecode for a virtual machine. Key sections include: Compi lers.; Opening What a compiler is.; Chapter I The five phases.; Chapter II Hopper and the A-0.; Chapter III FORTRAN I.; Chapter IV Lexical analysis.; Chapter V Context-free grammars.; Chapter VI LL, LR, and friends.; Chapter VII Abstract syntax trees.; Chapter VIII Type checking..

Outline:
1. Compi lers.
2. Opening What a compiler is.
3. Chapter I The five phases.
4. Chapter II Hopper and the A-0.
5. Chapter III FORTRAN I.
6. Chapter IV Lexical analysis.
7. Chapter V Context-free grammars.
8. Chapter VI LL, LR, and friends.
9. Chapter VII Abstract syntax trees.
10. Chapter VIII Type checking.
11. Chapter IX Intermediate representations.
12. Chapter X Optimisation passes.
13. Chapter XI Code generation.
14. Chapter XII The Dragon Book.
15. Chapter XIII The C compiler tradition.
16. Chapter XIV GCC.
17. Chapter XV LLVM.
18. Chapter XVI Clang.
19. Chapter XVII Just-in-time compilation.
20. Chapter XVIII The JavaScript engines.
21. Chapter XIX WebAssembly.
22. Chapter XX Polyhedral optimisation.
23. Chapter XXI Auto-vectorisation.
24. Chapter XXII GPU compilation.
25. Chapter XXIII MLIR.
26. Chapter XXIV Bootstrapping.
27. Chapter XXV Diagnostics.
28. Chapter XXVI Verified compilers.
29. Chapter XXVII The state of the art.
30. Chapter XXVIII Twenty essentials.
31. Chapter XXIX Watch & read.
32. The end of the deck.

### Computer Networks
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-computer-networks
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-computer-networks/llms.txt
Slides: 32
Tags: technology, computer, networks

A computer network is a set of machines that exchange messages by following a shared protocol. The internet is the network of networks: an interconnection of autonomously operated networks, glued together by a small set of universal protocols. Key sections include: computer networks.; Opening What a network is.; Chapter I Two reference models.; Chapter II ARPANET.; Chapter III Cerf and Kahn.; Chapter IV Ethernet.; Chapter V The Internet Protocol.; Chapter VI TCP.; Chapter VII UDP.; Chapter VIII BGP..

Outline:
1. computer networks.
2. Opening What a network is.
3. Chapter I Two reference models.
4. Chapter II ARPANET.
5. Chapter III Cerf and Kahn.
6. Chapter IV Ethernet.
7. Chapter V The Internet Protocol.
8. Chapter VI TCP.
9. Chapter VII UDP.
10. Chapter VIII BGP.
11. Chapter IX DNS.
12. Chapter X HTTP/0.9 to HTTP/1.1.
13. Chapter XI HTTP/2.
14. Chapter XII QUIC and HTTP/3.
15. Chapter XIII TLS.
16. Chapter XIV Let's Encrypt.
17. Chapter XV CDNs.
18. Chapter XVI Cloudflare and the edge.
19. Chapter XVII Wi-Fi.
20. Chapter XVIII Mobile networks.
21. Chapter XIX SDN.
22. Chapter XX Email.
23. Chapter XXI Peer-to-peer.
24. Chapter XXII VoIP and WebRTC.
25. Chapter XXIII IXPs and peering.
26. Chapter XXIV Anycast.
27. Chapter XXV Container networking.
28. Chapter XXVI Censorship and resilience.
29. Chapter XXVII The IETF.
30. Chapter XXVIII Twenty essentials.
31. Chapter XXIX Watch & read.
32. The end of the deck.

### CPUs and Architecture
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-cpus-and-architecture
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-cpus-and-architecture/llms.txt
Slides: 32
Tags: technology, cpus, and, architecture

A central processing unit fetches an instruction from memory, decodes it, executes it, and writes the result. Then it does the same with the next instruction. It does this several billion times a second, on a die smaller than a fingernail, dissipating less power than a light bulb. Key sections include: CPUs & Architecture.; Opening What a CPU is.; Chapter I Von Neumann.; Chapter II The transistor and Moore's law.; Chapter III The Intel 4004.; Chapter IV The x86 dynasty.; Chapter V RISC.; Chapter VI Pipelining.; Chapter VII Superscalar & out-of-order.; Chapter VIII Branch prediction..

Outline:
1. CPUs & Architecture.
2. Opening What a CPU is.
3. Chapter I Von Neumann.
4. Chapter II The transistor and Moore's law.
5. Chapter III The Intel 4004.
6. Chapter IV The x86 dynasty.
7. Chapter V RISC.
8. Chapter VI Pipelining.
9. Chapter VII Superscalar & out-of-order.
10. Chapter VIII Branch prediction.
11. Chapter IX Cache hierarchy.
12. Chapter X Cache coherence.
13. Chapter XI SIMD.
14. Chapter XII The multicore turn.
15. Chapter XIII ARM.
16. Chapter XIV Apple Silicon.
17. Chapter XV RISC-V.
18. Chapter XVI The GPU.
19. Chapter XVII Nvidia.
20. Chapter XVIII Spectre and Meltdown.
21. Chapter XIX Power and thermals.
22. Chapter XX Memory and DRAM.
23. Chapter XXI The SoC.
24. Chapter XXII TSMC and the foundries.
25. Chapter XXIII Quantum and neuromorphic.
26. Chapter XXIV AI accelerators.
27. Chapter XXV Hennessy and Patterson.
28. Chapter XXVI The next decade.
29. Chapter XXVII Twenty essentials.
30. Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
31. Chapter XXIX Names to know.
32. The end of the deck.

### Cybersecurity
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-cybersecurity
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-cybersecurity/llms.txt
Slides: 15
Tags: technology, cybersecurity

A field that began with one student running a worm at MIT in 1988, and turned into the connective tissue of every other industry. Sixteen pages of attackers, defenders, and the tooling between them. Key sections include: CYBER SECURITY.; 1988-11-02 — the Morris Worm; The CIA triad & threat models; Threat actor classes; The zero-day economy; Web vulnerability classics; Ransomware as a service; Zero Trust; Supply-chain attacks; Crypto primitives.

Outline:
1. CYBER SECURITY.
2. 1988-11-02 — the Morris Worm
3. The CIA triad & threat models
4. Threat actor classes
5. The zero-day economy
6. Web vulnerability classics
7. Ransomware as a service
8. Zero Trust
9. Supply-chain attacks
10. Crypto primitives
11. Defensive stack
12. Incident response (NIST SP 800-61)
13. WATCH _
14. Glossary
15. Open problems

### Databases
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-databases
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-databases/llms.txt
Slides: 33
Tags: technology, databases

A system for organising structured data so that it can be stored durably, queried flexibly, and modified safely by many programs at once. Key sections include: Data bases. _; /* opening */ What a database is.; /* chapter i */ Files, records, and pain.; /* chapter ii */ Hierarchies and IBM IMS.; /* chapter iii */ Codd's paper.; /* chapter iv */ The relational algebra.; /* chapter v */ SQL.; /* chapter vi */ Oracle.; /* chapter vii */ IBM's response.; /* chapter viii */ Stonebraker and Berkeley..

Outline:
1. Data bases. _
2. /* opening */ What a database is.
3. /* chapter i */ Files, records, and pain.
4. /* chapter ii */ Hierarchies and IBM IMS.
5. /* chapter iii */ Codd's paper.
6. /* chapter iv */ The relational algebra.
7. /* chapter v */ SQL.
8. /* chapter vi */ Oracle.
9. /* chapter vii */ IBM's response.
10. /* chapter viii */ Stonebraker and Berkeley.
11. /* chapter ix */ MySQL.
12. /* chapter x */ The OLTP/OLAP split.
13. /* chapter xi */ Star and snowflake.
14. /* chapter xii */ The NoSQL explosion.
15. /* chapter xiii */ Document databases.
16. /* chapter xiv */ Key–value stores.
17. /* chapter xv */ Bigtable's children.
18. /* chapter xvi */ Graph databases.
19. /* chapter xvii */ The CAP theorem.
20. /* chapter xviii */ Eventually vs. strongly consistent.
21. /* chapter xix */ The return of consistency.
22. /* chapter xx */ ACID and BASE.
23. /* chapter xxi */ Distributed databases.
24. /* chapter xxii */ The AI moment.
25. /* chapter xxiii */ Time-series databases.
26. /* chapter xxiv */ B-trees and LSM trees.
27. /* chapter xxv */ Query optimisation.
28. /* chapter xxvi */ Indexes, sharding, replication.
29. /* chapter xxvii */ Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks.
30. /* chapter xxviii */ Where things stand.
31. /* chapter xxix */ Twenty-five works.
32. /* chapter xxx */ Watch & read.
33. // end of deck

### Internet History
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-internet-history
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-internet-history/llms.txt
Slides: 11
Tags: technology, internet, history

UNDER CONSTRUCTION visitor # 000123456 Key sections include: A Brief History of the INTERNET; * 1969 — ARPANET *; 1983 — The Flag Day; 1989–1993 — The World Wide Web; 1995–2001 — Dot-com Boom & Bust; 2004–2012 — The Social Era; 2006–2018 — The Cloud Layer; 2017–2026 — The Federated Revival; WATCH THE FILM; Glossary of Terms.

Outline:
1. A Brief History of the INTERNET
2. * 1969 — ARPANET *
3. 1983 — The Flag Day
4. 1989–1993 — The World Wide Web
5. 1995–2001 — Dot-com Boom & Bust
6. 2004–2012 — The Social Era
7. 2006–2018 — The Cloud Layer
8. 2017–2026 — The Federated Revival
9. WATCH THE FILM
10. Glossary of Terms
11. Open Problems

### Mobile Computing
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-mobile-computing
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-mobile-computing/llms.txt
Slides: 16
Tags: technology, mobile, computing

Forty years of pocketable computers. From the Apple Newton's misread ink to a foldable device with a six-billion-parameter on-device model. Sixteen pages. Key sections include: Mobile Computing.; Pocket computing precursors.; Newton MessagePad.; Jeff Hawkins's Palm.; Push email and the executive thumb.; "An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator."; Android.; What changed.; The SoC.; Generations..

Outline:
1. Mobile Computing.
2. Pocket computing precursors.
3. Newton MessagePad.
4. Jeff Hawkins's Palm.
5. Push email and the executive thumb.
6. "An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator."
7. Android.
8. What changed.
9. The SoC.
10. Generations.
11. The App Store economy.
12. What's next?

### Operating Systems
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-operating-systems
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-operating-systems/llms.txt
Slides: 18
Tags: technology, operating, systems

whoami Key sections include: OPERATING SYSTEMS; timeline of major systems; 1964 — multics; 1969 — unix; the pdp-11 era; 1981 — ms-dos; 1984 — macintosh / mac os; windows lineage; 1991 — linux; the BSDs.

Outline:
1. OPERATING SYSTEMS
2. timeline of major systems
3. 1964 — multics
4. 1969 — unix
5. the pdp-11 era
6. 1981 — ms-dos
7. 1984 — macintosh / mac os
8. windows lineage
9. 1991 — linux
10. the BSDs
11. process & scheduling
12. virtual memory
13. file systems
14. mobile operating systems
15. kernel architectures, in art
16. watch this
17. glossary
18. open problems

### Quantum Computing
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-quantum-computing
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-quantum-computing/llms.txt
Slides: 14
Tags: technology, quantum, computing

A quick tour of the qubit and the machines we built around it — from Feynman's 1982 lecture to the noisy intermediate-scale era. Key sections include: Quantum Computing.; Why bother?; The qubit.; Bloch sphere.; Superposition & entanglement.; Gates & circuits.; Shor's algorithm.; Other key algorithms.; Hardware modalities.; The advantage debate..

Outline:
1. Quantum Computing.
2. Why bother?
3. The qubit.
4. Bloch sphere.
5. Superposition & entanglement.
6. Gates & circuits.
7. Shor's algorithm.
8. Other key algorithms.
9. Hardware modalities.
10. The advantage debate.
11. Code sketch.
12. Glossary.
13. Watch this.
14. Open problems.

### Robotics
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-robotics
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-robotics/llms.txt
Slides: 15
Tags: technology, robotics

N.T.S. Key sections include: ROBOTICS — KINEMATICS, SOFTWARE, AUTONOMY, EMBODIMENT; What we mean by "robot"; Selected milestones; Forward and inverse kinematics; The Robot Operating System; Sensors and perception; From A* to MPC; The factory floor; Mobile autonomy; The hard problem.

Outline:
1. ROBOTICS — KINEMATICS, SOFTWARE, AUTONOMY, EMBODIMENT
2. What we mean by "robot"
3. Selected milestones
4. Forward and inverse kinematics
5. The Robot Operating System
6. Sensors and perception
7. From A* to MPC
8. The factory floor
9. Mobile autonomy
10. The hard problem
11. The humanoid wave
12. Learning + physics
13. Glossary
14. Recommended viewing
15. Open problems

### Space Technology
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-space-tech
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/technology-space-tech/llms.txt
Slides: 15
Tags: technology, space, tech

Seven decades of getting hardware out of the gravity well — and increasingly bringing it back. Key sections include: Above.; Sputnik 1.; 1957–1969.; Apollo 11.; Space Shuttle.; The ISS.; Reusability changes the curve.; Stainless. Reusable. Big.; The rocket equation.; Who launches..

Outline:
1. Above.
2. Sputnik 1.
3. 1957–1969.
4. Apollo 11.
5. Space Shuttle.
6. The ISS.
7. Reusability changes the curve.
8. Stainless. Reusable. Big.
9. The rocket equation.
10. Who launches.
11. The film.
12. Where we put things.
13. Constellations.
14. Key terms.
15. Open problems.

### AI — The Road to General Intelligence
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-ai-revolution
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-ai-revolution/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, revolution

From the first artificial neuron sketched in 1943 to large language models trained on most of the public internet — eight decades of one idea, scaled. Key sections include: AI The road to general intelligence.; McCulloch & Pitts: the artificial neuron.; The Dartmouth Workshop coins "artificial intelligence."; Rosenblatt's Perceptron: a learning machine.; Minsky & Papert show perceptron limits. The first AI winter follows.; Backpropagation re-emerges.; Deep Blue beats Garry Kasparov.; AlexNet wins ImageNet. The deep learning era begins.; "Attention Is All You Need."; GPT-3: 175B parameters and the scaling laws..

Outline:
1. AI The road to general intelligence.
2. McCulloch & Pitts: the artificial neuron.
3. The Dartmouth Workshop coins "artificial intelligence."
4. Rosenblatt's Perceptron: a learning machine.
5. Minsky & Papert show perceptron limits. The first AI winter follows.
6. Backpropagation re-emerges.
7. Deep Blue beats Garry Kasparov.
8. AlexNet wins ImageNet. The deep learning era begins.
9. "Attention Is All You Need."
10. GPT-3: 175B parameters and the scaling laws.
11. ChatGPT launches. 100 million users in two months.
12. The open questions.
13. Further reading and watching.

### Biotechnology — Editing biology like software
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-biotech
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-biotech/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, biotech

From cutting and pasting genes in 1973 to writing mRNA scripts that run inside your cells. A working tour of the platforms that turned living systems into engineerable substrate. Key sections include: BIOTECHNOLOGY Editing biology like software; Recombinant DNA: cut, paste, run.; A startup turns the lab trick into a company.; Human insulin, brewed in E. coli.; PCR: a Xerox machine for DNA.; Sequencing collapses 100,000× in cost.; One target. One molecule. One blockbuster.; CRISPR: programmable scissors with a GPS.; mRNA platforms: ship the recipe, not the protein.; Synthetic biology: bacteria as fabs..

Outline:
1. BIOTECHNOLOGY Editing biology like software
2. Recombinant DNA: cut, paste, run.
3. A startup turns the lab trick into a company.
4. Human insulin, brewed in E. coli.
5. PCR: a Xerox machine for DNA.
6. Sequencing collapses 100,000× in cost.
7. One target. One molecule. One blockbuster.
8. CRISPR: programmable scissors with a GPS.
9. mRNA platforms: ship the recipe, not the protein.
10. Synthetic biology: bacteria as fabs.
11. Bespoke cells. Living drugs.
12. In-vivo editing, organoids, generative biology.
13. Read & watch.

### COMPUTING / a brief history
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-computing-history
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-computing-history/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, computing, history

Charles Babbage designed a mechanical, general-purpose computer with a "mill" (CPU), "store" (memory), and punched-card input — over a century before the electronic computer. Key sections include: COMPUTING; BABBAGE'S ANALYTICAL ENGINE; TURING'S UNIVERSAL MACHINE; ENIAC & THE STORED PROGRAM; THE TRANSISTOR; FORTRAN — A LANGUAGE FOR HUMANS; UNIX & THE C LANGUAGE; INTEL 4004 — A CPU ON A CHIP; THE PERSONAL COMPUTER; THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

Outline:
1. COMPUTING
2. BABBAGE'S ANALYTICAL ENGINE
3. TURING'S UNIVERSAL MACHINE
4. ENIAC & THE STORED PROGRAM
5. THE TRANSISTOR
6. FORTRAN — A LANGUAGE FOR HUMANS
7. UNIX & THE C LANGUAGE
8. INTEL 4004 — A CPU ON A CHIP
9. THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
10. THE WORLD WIDE WEB
11. iPHONE — A COMPUTER IN EVERY POCKET
12. GPUs & THE DEEP-LEARNING RENAISSANCE
13. FURTHER READING

### Cryptography / Declassified
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-cryptography
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-cryptography/llms.txt
Slides: 14
Tags: catalog, tech, cryptography

Julius Caesar protected military dispatches with a substitution so simple a soldier could memorize it: shift every letter of the plaintext forward by three positions in the alphabet. Key sections include: Cryptography / Declassified; ~ 50 BC: The Caesar Cipher; 9th c.: Al-Kindi & Frequency Analysis; 1466: Alberti's Cipher Disk; 1939–45: Enigma & the Bombe; 1976: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange; 1977: RSA — Public Keys for Everyone; 1991: PGP — Pretty Good Privacy; 2001: AES — The Modern Standard; Elliptic Curves & TLS 1.3.

Outline:
1. Cryptography / Declassified
2. ~ 50 BC: The Caesar Cipher
3. 9th c.: Al-Kindi & Frequency Analysis
4. 1466: Alberti's Cipher Disk
5. 1939–45: Enigma & the Bombe
6. 1976: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
7. 1977: RSA — Public Keys for Everyone
8. 1991: PGP — Pretty Good Privacy
9. 2001: AES — The Modern Standard
10. Elliptic Curves & TLS 1.3
11. 2008: Bitcoin — Cryptography for Money
12. The Post-Quantum Threat
13. Further Reading
14. Video Dispatches

### THE INTERNET // A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-internet-history
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-internet-history/llms.txt
Slides: 14
Tags: catalog, tech, internet, history

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ THE INTERNET ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY BOOTING ARCHIVE Key sections include: THE INTERNET; A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY; ARPANET // FIRST NODE; RAY TOMLINSON // @; CERF & KAHN // TCP/IP; BERNERS-LEE // CERN; MOSAIC // NCSA; THE GOLD RUSH; DOT-COM // CRASH; WEB 2.0 // PLATFORM ERA.

Outline:
1. THE INTERNET
2. A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY
3. ARPANET // FIRST NODE
4. RAY TOMLINSON // @
5. CERF & KAHN // TCP/IP
6. BERNERS-LEE // CERN
7. MOSAIC // NCSA
8. THE GOLD RUSH
9. DOT-COM // CRASH
10. WEB 2.0 // PLATFORM ERA
11. MOBILE // SOCIAL // SURVEILLANCE
12. GENERATIVE AI // CHATGPT
13. WHAT SURVIVED
14. FURTHER VIEWING

### Nanotechnology / Engineering at the atomic scale
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-nanotech
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-nanotech/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, nanotech

Caltech, December 29, 1959 . Richard Feynman delivers the founding lecture of nanotechnology before the field exists. Key sections include: NANO TECH / NOLOGY; "Plenty of Room at the Bottom"; One nanometer is vanishingly small.; Scanning Tunneling Microscope / 1981; "IBM" in xenon atoms / 1989; A rolled sheet of graphene / 1991; One atom thick / 2004; Chemistry does the building for you.; Where nano already ships.; Patterning silicon at the atom limit..

Outline:
1. NANO TECH / NOLOGY
2. "Plenty of Room at the Bottom"
3. One nanometer is vanishingly small.
4. Scanning Tunneling Microscope / 1981
5. "IBM" in xenon atoms / 1989
6. A rolled sheet of graphene / 1991
7. One atom thick / 2004
8. Chemistry does the building for you.
9. Where nano already ships.
10. Patterning silicon at the atom limit.
11. Toxicology hasn't caught up.
12. What nano is , and isn't.
13. Where to go next.

### Renewable Energy / The cost-curve revolution
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-renewable-energy
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-renewable-energy/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, renewable, energy

Every doubling of cumulative solar capacity has knocked roughly 20-25% off price. The curve has held for four decades. Key sections include: RENEWABLE ENERGY; Wright's Law, in production.; Bigger blades, steadier output.; 15+ MW machines, in salt water.; The renewable that already won.; The sun and wind don't follow demand.; Li-ion: -90% in fifteen years.; Boring. Underrated. Dominant.; Long-duration storage: still unsolved at scale.; Drilling unlocks geothermal anywhere..

Outline:
1. RENEWABLE ENERGY
2. Wright's Law, in production.
3. Bigger blades, steadier output.
4. 15+ MW machines, in salt water.
5. The renewable that already won.
6. The sun and wind don't follow demand.
7. Li-ion: -90% in fifteen years.
8. Boring. Underrated. Dominant.
9. Long-duration storage: still unsolved at scale.
10. Drilling unlocks geothermal anywhere.
11. The wires are the work.
12. The technology is cheap. Deployment is the bottleneck.
13. Go deeper.

### ROBOTICS / Machines that move
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-robotics
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-robotics/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, robotics

FROM INDUSTRIAL ARMS → HUMANOIDS Key sections include: ROBOTICS / Machines that move; The word.; Three Laws.; Unimate at GM.; The industrial era.; Sense. Plan. Act.; SLAM : build a map of a place you've never been.; Boston Dynamics.; Manipulation is still hard.; The humanoid wave..

Outline:
1. ROBOTICS / Machines that move
2. The word.
3. Three Laws.
4. Unimate at GM.
5. The industrial era.
6. Sense. Plan. Act.
7. SLAM : build a map of a place you've never been.
8. Boston Dynamics.
9. Manipulation is still hard.
10. The humanoid wave.
11. The AI brain.
12. Where the money goes.
13. References & further viewing.

### SPACE / from V-2 to reusable boosters
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-space-tech
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-space-tech/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech, space

AD ASTRA 2026 / 13 FILED 02 MAY 2026 NORTH AMERICAN BUREAU CLEARANCE — PUBLIC SPACE / from V-2 to reusable boosters A 13-sheet technical brief on the engineering of leaving Earth NASA-WORM REFERENCE BRIEF PRESS → OR SPACE TO ADVANCE MISSION 01 — V-2 / PEENEMÜNDE EVENT 1942 1942 First vehicle to touch space On 3 October 1942 , an A-4 rocket — soon known to the world as the V-2 — lifted from Test Stand VII at... Key sections include: SPACE / from V-2 to reusable boosters; First vehicle to touch space; A beep heard around the world; Humans, in orbit; Tranquility Base, here.; Living in low-Earth orbit; Continuous human presence; The booster comes back; First commercial crew; Full reusability, full stack.

Outline:
1. SPACE / from V-2 to reusable boosters
2. First vehicle to touch space
3. A beep heard around the world
4. Humans, in orbit
5. Tranquility Base, here.
6. Living in low-Earth orbit
7. Continuous human presence
8. The booster comes back
9. First commercial crew
10. Full reusability, full stack
11. Return to the Moon
12. Mars, mining, telescopes, mega-constellations
13. Further reading & viewing

### VR / AR — Worlds rendered, worlds overlaid
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-vr-ar
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-tech-vr-ar/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: catalog, tech

From Sutherland's Sword of Damocles to Apple Vision Pro — six decades of strapping screens to faces, and learning what the eyes will tolerate. Key sections include: VR / AR Worlds rendered, worlds overlaid; The Sword of Damocles; VR Hype Cycle 1.0; Palmer Luckey's Kickstarter; Facebook buys Oculus for $2 billion; Quest 2 — standalone , mass-market; The phone already won; Apple Vision Pro & spatial computing; The hard parts; Use cases that earn their keep.

Outline:
1. VR / AR Worlds rendered, worlds overlaid
2. The Sword of Damocles
3. VR Hype Cycle 1.0
4. Palmer Luckey's Kickstarter
5. Facebook buys Oculus for $2 billion
6. Quest 2 — standalone , mass-market
7. The phone already won
8. Apple Vision Pro & spatial computing
9. The hard parts
10. Use cases that earn their keep
11. The unfulfilled promises
12. The honest assessment
13. References & YouTube