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Oct 14 2010

Rescued from a Chilean mine – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Oct 08 2010

I still have no idea what this is all about!
The National Ignition Facility – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Oct 08 2010

laytonduncan:

usersillusions:

nerdology:

Above is the first digital camera.  It was made by Steve Sasson working for Kodak in 1975. 1975! Using “a lens from a Super 8 camera, a whole stack of ni-cad batteries, a digital to analog converter from a voltmeter, [and] a highly experimental CCD.”  Oh and that cassette tape on the side, thats are how the pictures are stored.

The camera captured a 100-line image onto that cassette-tape, yet even that tiny picture took a mind-numbing 23 seconds to write. Playback was possibly clunkier still, using another tape-player hooked up to a frame-storing devices that interpolated those 100 lines to an NTSC-compatible 400-line image and then showed it on a regular TV-screen.

Though it was built in 1975 and patented in 1978 it stayed hidden from the public until 2001.  It still remains in Steve Sasson’s possession still.

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Oct 06 2010

A flood of toxic sludge – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Oct 05 2010

Battle of the tech giants! Microsoft opening a retail store just metres away from an Apple store.

Microsoft to do direct battle with Apple at Mall of America – Your Tech Weblog

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Sep 30 2010

Human landscapes in SW Florida – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Sep 28 2010

OH. MY. GOD. It looks as if Apple may be working on the next iPhone!!! Quick – let’s tell the world…

Two new iPhones and an unidentified device show up in the AppleTV firmware | 9 to 5 Mac Two new iPhones and an unidentified device show up in the AppleTV firmware | Apple Intelligence

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Sep 22 2010

The fish with teeth on its tongue, is the fish to rule all other fish.

via… Animals in the news – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Sep 22 2010

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Sep 22 2010

vendhq:

This is a Vend user’s previous retail management system, pic taken just before they retired it to “greener pastures”.

If you’re a retailer and your retail management system looks like this, then you should talk to us.

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