Today’s Google Doodle isn’t as interactive as the Moog we got last week, but it’s an important one for Australian science, as it celebrates the 100th birthday of Ruby Payne-Scott, one of the guiding lights of Radio Astronomy. Ruby’s sadly no longer with us — she passed away in 1981 — but it’s a nice recognition of her pioneering work, especially in light of the recent SKA decision that’ll share the telescope array between Australia and South Africa. [Google]
Today’s Google Doodle for Robert Moog’s birthday is amazingly cool. The only thing cooler than a browser-based analogue synthesiser hooked up to a digital reel-to-reel tape machine is, well, a real Moog synthesiser hooked up to an actual tape machine.
We first got a look at the Google Doodle celebrating Robert Moog’s 78th birthday on Google.jp yesterday, and now it’s live in the US. Synthtastic! But, uh, how do all of those knobs and sliders work?
What’s not to love about Google Doodles? They’re so popular, in fact, that Google’s hiring a new doodler to keep the lively tradition going. If that means even more Google Doodles, we’re all about it!
Today’s Google logo’s undergone one of its periodic transformations; this time it’s in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Blame Google if you find yourself staring at your screen, unable to remember what you were about to search for on the internet. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 155th birthday of German physicist Heinrich Hertz, whose experiments with electromagnetic waves paved the way for the radio — and everything wireless you’ve ever used.
What’s better than some Google Doodles? How about ALL of the Google Doodles in shiny chronological order? It’s simple: 1) Go to the Google homepage. 2) Hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” without typing anything first. 3) Enjoy. [Thanks Matt Cherette!]
The CSIRO Parkes Observatory gets its own Google Doodle today. Sure, it’s not as fancy as, say, the Jim Henson or Freddie Mercury ones, but it recognises a key bit of Australian scientific history as the dish turns 50.