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Vintage 2-XL Robot Uses 8-Track Tapes, Not as Scary as Teddy Ruxpin

6:00AM May 3, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Released in 1978, the 2-XL educational robot was before my time, but it wouldn’t have haunted my nightmares like Teddy Ruxpin did. At least this robot had the decency to look like a damn robot.

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How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats

5:20AM April 18, 2009 | John Herrman

Humans have been writing music for at least as long as we’ve been recording history. It was storing it that took a little more time. Here are all the ways we’ve done it to date:

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