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The IEEE History Center is bringing history to more people via social networking tools such as Twitter and Tumblr. You may follow the activities of the IEEE History Center and others involved in the history of engineering on its Twitter feed at: https://twitter.com/ieeehistory.

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The IEEE History Center maintains also a blog on Tumblr in which interesting images related to the history of technology are posted. Featured in Tumblr’s history and science categories, the blog has approximately 123,000 followers as of January 2015 and more than 130,000 total social interactions.

To date, six of the posted images were featured on Tumblr’s radar, a feature that allows the Tumblr staff to broadcast selected images to all logged-in users. These posts receive significantly more social interactions, the highest reaching 10,400. To follow the blog or to view the images, go to: http://engineeringhistory.tumblr.com/

The IEEE History Center has championed the creation of a consortium of engineering associations with the goal of designing, launching, and running a new history of engineering website. With support for the United Engineering Foundation (UEF), this consortium has recently launched the Engineering and Technology History Wiki Network (ETHW). Currently the consortium has seven members: AIChE, AIME, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, SPE, and SWE.

The Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) is a website powered by MediaWiki with thousands of articles, first hand accounts, oral histories, milestones, archival documents and lesson plans pertaining to the history of technology.

Although the contributions to this site are restricted to registered users, the ETHW is also dedicated to making the social, economic, political, and technical aspects of the history of technology accessible to all. The general public is invited to explore and learn about the history of the technologies that have shaped and will continue to shape their lives.

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