“What a wonderful world this is! I click a mouse somewhere, bits
\n fly through optics, go to some undisclosed place, money
\n electronically changes hands, and then atoms in useful
\n arrangement are flown in airplanes and hand-carried to my
\n doorstep. When you think about it, this is miraculous.”<\/p>\n
– Robert W. Lucky, in “Reflections”, IEEE Spectrum Magazine,
\n November 2005. The writer had purchased a new laptop computer
\n online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“What a wonderful world this is! I click a mouse somewhere, bits fly through optics, go to some undisclosed place, money electronically changes hands, and then atoms in useful arrangement are flown in airplanes and hand-carried to my doorstep. When … Continue reading