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Solid State: Minnesota's High-Tech History

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Special | 56m 40s | Minnesota was the global epicenter of computing, a high-tech landscape for generations. (56m 40s)

Solid State: Tale of the Tape

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Special | 1m 39s | Innovation needs inspiration. One man’s inspiration for recording data came frompianos? (1m 39s)

Solid State: Land of 10,000 Secrets

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Special | 1m 39s | Minnesota was home to the computer industry. Yet much of its work was highly classified. (1m 39s)

Solid State: Demon

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Special | 1m 39s | Breaking secret codes were a wartime necessity. (1m 39s)

Solid State: Spinoffs

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Special | 2m 1s | Explore the major brands and their spinoffs that make Minnesota's tech industry so rich. (2m 1s)

Solid State: Honeywell

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Special | 1m 39s | Starting in the 1960s, Honeywell was embroiled in a protest against its core business. (1m 39s)

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