HITech From Here

Tech From Here: Hawaiʻi

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The sources cited in each story, and further primary and official sources to explore, grouped by story. Every link opens the source's own page, and the source's own terms apply to what you find there.

Story 1 of 14

The Hawaiian Technology Inside the Sound of Modern Music

Cited in the story (4)

  1. 01smithsonianmag.com
  2. 02nypl.org
  3. 03pacific-strings.org
  4. 04patents.google.com

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archival instruction · Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Hawaiian guitar instruction, 1926 ↗

A dated primary object for seeing how Hawaiian steel-guitar technique circulated.

Opens the source’s own page. We link to it and do not copy it.

Story 2 of 14

A Rule Tested Between Hawaiian Islands Changed How Shared Networks Speak

Cited in the story (7)

  1. 01ntrs.nasa.gov
  2. 02eng.hawaii.edu
  3. 03nvlpubs.nist.gov
  4. 04dl.acm.org
  5. 05hawaii.edu
  6. 06manoa.hawaii.edu
  7. 07statetechmagazine.com

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institutional history · University of Hawaiʻi College of Engineering

ALOHAnet history ↗

The institution that hosted the experiment explains its radio network and legacy.

Opens the source’s own page. We link to it and do not copy it.

Story 3 of 14

After Hilo Had No Warning, Hawaiʻi Helped Build a Pacific One

Cited in the story (5)

  1. 01tsunami.ioc.unesco.org
  2. 02sos.noaa.gov
  3. 03tsunami.gov
  4. 04repository.library.noaa.gov
  5. 05ngdc.noaa.gov

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dataset and visualization · NOAA Science On a Sphere

1946 Aleutian tsunami historical series ↗

NOAA provides a downloadable scientific visualization of the event’s Pacific propagation.

Opens NOAA’s own page. Check the credit on what you download.

Story 4 of 14

When Two Versions of the Law Disagree

Cited in the story (6)

  1. 01data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  2. 02law.justia.com
  3. 03law.justia.com
  4. 04data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  5. 05lrb.hawaii.gov
  6. 06data.capitol.hawaii.gov

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primary-source archive · Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Papakilo Database ↗

A public research gateway to government, newspaper, manuscript and language collections.

Opens a search on the source’s own site. Each item keeps its own credit.

Story 5 of 14

Hawaiʻi Built a Searchable World Before Search Engines

Cited in the story (20)

  1. 01guides.loc.gov
  2. 02loc.gov
  3. 03papakilodatabase.com
  4. 04kawaiola.news
  5. 05libweb.hawaii.edu
  6. 06evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu
  7. 07kaiwakiloumoku.ksbe.edu
  8. 08ksbe.edu
  9. 09blog.bishopmuseum.org
  10. 10bishopmuseum.org
  11. 11data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  12. 12repository.library.noaa.gov
  13. 13hawaii.edu
  14. 14hli.librarieshawaii.org
  15. 15ulukau.org
  16. 16kawaiola.news
  17. 17files.hawaii.gov
  18. 18seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu
  19. 19bulletin.punahou.edu
  20. 20hawaiipublicschools.org

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searchable newspaper corpus · Office of Hawaiian Affairs and partners

Hawaiian Newspaper Collection ↗

Thousands of digitized Hawaiian-language newspaper issues make historical search inspectable.

Opens a search on the source’s own site. Each issue keeps its own credit.

Story 6 of 14

The Two Marks Your Computer Had to Learn

Cited in the story (14)

  1. 01unicode.org
  2. 02unicode.org
  3. 03olelo.hawaii.edu
  4. 04keoladonaghy.com
  5. 05keoladonaghy.com
  6. 06olelo.hawaii.edu
  7. 07hawaii.edu
  8. 08keoladonaghy.com
  9. 09hawaii.edu
  10. 10unicode.org
  11. 11unicode.org
  12. 12unicode.org
  13. 13unicode.org
  14. 14keoladonaghy.com

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technical standard · Unicode Consortium

Unicode code charts ↗

The authoritative character charts let readers inspect the encoded marks directly.

Opens the source’s own page. The charts are credited to the Unicode Consortium.

Story 7 of 14

The Machine Inside the Mountain

Cited in the story (22)

  1. 01commons.wikimedia.org
  2. 02hawaii.edu
  3. 03pubs.usgs.gov
  4. 04dlnr.hawaii.gov
  5. 05dlnr.hawaii.gov
  6. 06dlnr.hawaii.gov
  7. 07data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  8. 08guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu
  9. 09dlnr.hawaii.gov
  10. 10dlnr.hawaii.gov
  11. 11loc.gov
  12. 12archive.org
  13. 13pubs.usgs.gov
  14. 14hawaii.edu
  15. 15data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  16. 16data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  17. 17courts.state.hi.us
  18. 18earthjustice.org
  19. 19earthjustice.org
  20. 20archives.starbulletin.com
  21. 21environment-hawaii.org
  22. 22tile.loc.gov

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official legal record · Hawaiʻi State Judiciary

Hawaiʻi appellate opinions and orders ↗

The Judiciary is the authoritative access point for the decisions governing the dispute.

Public court record. Opens the filed opinions on the source’s own site.

Story 8 of 14

The Gate That Thinks With the Tide

Cited in the story (11)

  1. 01paepaeoheeia.org
  2. 02kuahawaii.org
  3. 03hawaii.edu
  4. 04seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu
  5. 05fisheries.noaa.gov
  6. 06hawaii.edu
  7. 07hawaii.edu
  8. 08dlnr.hawaii.gov
  9. 09doi.org
  10. 10dlnr.hawaii.gov
  11. 11civilbeat.org

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official educational resource · NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

Native Hawaiian fishponds ↗

NOAA connects fishpond structure, practice and coastal ecology in one accessible primer.

Opens the source’s own page. Check the credit on each item.

Story 9 of 14

The Observatory That Turned a Volcano into a Century-Long Signal

Cited in the story (9)

  1. 01usgs.gov
  2. 02usgs.gov
  3. 03usgs.gov
  4. 04pubs.usgs.gov
  5. 05usgs.gov
  6. 06usgs.gov
  7. 07usgs.gov
  8. 08parkplanning.nps.gov
  9. 09usgs.gov

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official monitoring guide · U.S. Geological Survey

How HVO monitors Hawaiian volcanoes ↗

The observatory explains the instruments behind its public interpretations.

U.S. Geological Survey information. Check the credit on each image or file.

Story 10 of 14

The Golf Balls Above Kaʻena Point Tracked America’s Early Satellite Programs

Cited in the story (18)

  1. 01tile.loc.gov
  2. 02files.hawaii.gov
  3. 03nro.gov
  4. 04nro.gov
  5. 05dvidshub.net
  6. 06loc.gov
  7. 07dvidshub.net
  8. 08dvidshub.net
  9. 09dvidshub.net
  10. 10dvidshub.net
  11. 11en.wikipedia.org
  12. 12tile.loc.gov
  13. 13tile.loc.gov
  14. 14files.hawaii.gov
  15. 15cia.gov
  16. 16web.archive.org
  17. 17web.archive.org
  18. 18archives.gov

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official installation history · United States Space Force

Kaʻena Point Space Force Station ↗

The official station page documents its mission, location and satellite-control history.

Opens the source’s own page. Department of Defense media credits apply.

Story 11 of 14

The Lines That Changed the Land

Cited in the story (4)

  1. 01papakilodatabase.com
  2. 02ags.hawaii.gov
  3. 03ags.hawaii.gov
  4. 04ags.hawaii.gov

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interactive state land map · State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources

Public Land Trust Information System ↗

The state tool makes land records explorable as a layered geographic system.

Public interactive on the source’s own site.

Story 12 of 14

The Papaya Was Engineered. So Was the Rescue System.

Cited in the story (10)

  1. 01apsnet.org
  2. 02ars.usda.gov
  3. 03www3.ctahr.hawaii.edu
  4. 04hawaii.edu
  5. 05ipmall.law.unh.edu
  6. 06news.cornell.edu
  7. 07law.cornell.edu
  8. 08ams.usda.gov
  9. 09apsnet.org
  10. 10commons.wikimedia.org

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official research history · USDA Agricultural Research Service

Papaya research and Rainbow release ↗

USDA documents the research partnership and 1998 grower release of SunUp and Rainbow.

U.S. Department of Agriculture information. Check the credit on each image.

Story 13 of 14

Hawaiʻi Once Powered a Barge with the Temperature Difference in the Ocean

Cited in the story (8)

  1. 01tethys-engineering.pnnl.gov
  2. 02princeton.edu
  3. 03makai.com
  4. 04repository.library.noaa.gov
  5. 05makai.com
  6. 06nelha.hawaii.gov
  7. 07nelha.hawaii.gov
  8. 08hnei.hawaii.edu

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official technology guide · NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion ↗

NOAA explains the cycle, tropical temperature requirement, byproducts and licensing role.

Opens the source’s own page. Check the credit on each item.

Story 14 of 14

Hawaiʻi Once Ran on a Half-Hour the Continent Forgot

Cited in the story (8)

  1. 01data.capitol.hawaii.gov
  2. 02nist.gov
  3. 03transportation.gov
  4. 04evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu
  5. 05govinfo.gov
  6. 06evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu
  7. 07govinfo.gov
  8. 08data.iana.org

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official time standard guide · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Local time and U.S. time zones ↗

NIST provides the authoritative current offset framework and explains standard versus daylight time.

U.S. government information. Opens the source’s own page.