1. Interact
How better clocks, made possible by small metal springs and vibrating gems, helped us keep time, but also made us lose track of something precious
2. Connect
How steel stitched the country together with rails, but also how steel helped to manufacture culture
3. Convey
How telegraph wires of iron and later copper gave rise to rapid forms of communication, and how these wires shaped information-and meaning
4. Capture
How photographic materials captured us in visible and invisible ways
5. See
How carbon filaments pushed back the darkness to help us see, but also veiled our eyes from viewing the impact of its overabundance
6. Share
How magnetic bits of data made it possible to shared about us
7. Discover
how scientific glassware helped us discover new medicines and helped us discover the secret to our electronic age
8. Think
How the creation of rudimentary telephone switches ushered in silicon chips for computers, but also rewired our brains.