Soap, Seatbelts and Smoke Detectors

Soap, Seatbelts and Smoke Detectors

Without a grasp of history, we are unaware of the origin of many of our most routine habits. Some of today’s seemingly normal behaviors were once mightily resisted. The human brain is not particularly well-suiting for thinking analytically. Most people rely on...
The Origin and Evolution of Operation ID

The Origin and Evolution of Operation ID

Operation ID—developed by the police, but little known by the public—has very humble beginnings, dating back to a time before mainframe computers and modern enterprise asset management systems. It goes back to a time when records were kept on index cards in tiny...