As we welcome students back from Thanksgiving break and ease back into classes, it’s time to see how far we’ve come and give thanks for flat screens, ergonomic keyboards, high bit-depth color, digital calculators and texts, and ALL the pixels. Our vintage picture shows a land surveying lab of the past at MTU with a student showcasing the latest tech of the time.
Any guesses about what year this image was taken?
![](https://blogs.mtu.edu/icc/files/2022/11/Land-surveying-student-1984-603x600.png)