{"id":92,"date":"2026-02-17T05:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomandmaria.com\/retrolab\/?p=92"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:43:16","slug":"retrolab-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomandmaria.com\/retrolab\/2026\/02\/17\/retrolab-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrolab in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Since 2025 word of the lab has been spreading and we&#8217;ve received several visits from journalists, which in turn has spread awareness of the lab among the local community and led to many new donations of equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Cael Byne, \u201cUWM Urban Spelunking Episode 3: RetroLab,\u201d UWM Post, September 5, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/uwmpost.com\/special-projects\/uwm-urban-spelunking-episode-3-retrolab\">Read and watch it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jason Groh. \u201cStudents explore vintage computers in UW-Milwaukee&#8217;s specialized Retrolab,\u201d TMJ4 News, November 12, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/news\/milwaukee-tonight\/students-explore-vintage-computers-in-uw-milwaukees-specialized-retrolab\">Read and watch it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Steven Melendez, \u201cThese historic computing labs teach kids what technology was like before phones, social media, and the cloud,\u201d <em>Fast Company<\/em>, February 2, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91483774\/these-historic-computing-labs-teach-kids-what-technology-was-like-before-phones-social-media-and-the-cloud\">Read it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Trevor Hook, \u201cUWM-Milwaukee\u2019s Retrolab Brings Decades of Computing History To Life,\u201d Wisconsin Public Radio, February 10, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/uw-milwaukees-retrolab-decades-computing-history\">Read and listen to it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2025 word of the lab has been spreading and we&#8217;ve received several visits from journalists, which in turn has spread awareness of the lab among the local community and led to many new donations of equipment. 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