Title :
Following Digital Ripples
Author_Institution :
James Madison University
Abstract :
This article follows computerization into the automobile repair shop and calls on historians to trace computing technology into other blue-collar occupations.
Keywords :
Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Computer networks; Consumer electronics; Engines; History; Industrial relations; Sparks; Engine Control Unit (ECU); On-Board Diagnostics (OBD); automobile mechanics; microprocessors;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2008.21