mechanical

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We’re tapping digital buttons that now stand in for physical buttons that once stood in for a mechanical method for interacting with a complex system.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

It included builders' work as well as doors, floor finishes, joinery, furniture, appliances, light fixtures, and mechanical and electrical installations.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

They eased mechanical strain, making it practical to run banks of elevators continuously, packing in larger workforces and turning vertical circulation into a scalable system rather than a bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Researchers still lack detailed databases describing the mechanical properties of DNA structures, and simulation tools for predicting behavior at this scale are not yet fully developed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Why then did it take a further century to complete the transformation brought about by the mechanical reproduction of perspective images?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton