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Artikler om teknologi- og fotohistorie, norsk industri, gjenstander og mennesker fra museets samling. Her kan du lese faglige artikler og korte historier om oppfinnelser, teknologiske gjennombrudd og utviklingen av industri og samfunn i Norge.

Home for Christmas

Every year the Christmas traffic becomes a real test for both patience and means of transport, but also a source of memorable moments.

The water wheel

With its eight meters in diameter, the water wheel towers over the museum. Read more about the restoration and the history behind the wheel at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology .

Spirit photography

Spiritism is a way of getting in touch with deceased people. The movement originated in the middle of the 19th century and came to Norway at the end of the century.

The kitchen knife that became a robot

This gadget was launched as a kitchen robot in the 50s. For just NOK 16, it could help you in the kitchen. But was it really a robot?

Moddy the robot

Meet the robot Moddy in the I/O telecommunications and computing exhibition at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology . It is a home robot created in Italy in the 1980s and conceived as a kind of robot butler.

A robot success from Jæren

How could a small Norwegian factory that produced trolleys and wheelbarrows become a world leader in industrial robots?

The world's first spray can?

One of the world's first spray cans was produced at Alf R. Bjercke's factory in Alnabru in 1933, in collaboration with the Norwegian chemist Erik Rotheim.

The fire station - a fine-tuned machine

Oslo's main fire station at Youngstorget will soon be demolished to make way for the last building in the new government quarter.

Sustainable energy narratives