Category: Technology
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Category: Technology
How 1960s Film Pirates Sold Movies Before the FBI Came Knocking
Posted on May 31, 2018 in Interesting, Technology
It was a Friday evening in 1975, and Woody Wise was driving from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, with his two kids in the car. He had picked them up from school in a rush, but they weren’t going on vacation. They were hiding out from the FBI.
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The Transistor, Part 1: Groping in the Dark
Posted on January 23, 2018 in Interesting, Technology
The road to a solid-state switch was a long and complex one. It began with the discovery that certain materials behaved oddly with respect to electricity – differently than any existing theor…
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The Greatest Leap, Part 3: The triumph and near-tragedy of the first Moon landing
Posted on December 20, 2017 in Space, Technology
Across the cislunar blackness, we set sail for a landing that almost didn’t happen.
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Fully Functional ‘Apple I’ Computer Going Up For Auction Next Month | iPhone in Canada Blog – Canada’s #1 iPhone Resource
Posted on August 21, 2017 in Computers, History, Technology
A fully operational Apple I computer built by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1976 is going up for auction through Charitybuzz next month, with all proceeds earmarked for charity.
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X-ray decks: the lost bone music of the Soviet Union
Posted on August 7, 2017 in History, Interesting, Technology
An extraordinary tale of Russia’s troubled relationship with music censorship.
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