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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Vehicles

World War 2 Japanese Super-Submarine Found In Hawaii

7:54AM Jesus Diaz | According to Dr Hans Van Tillburg, “[the I-201 submarine] was nothing like anybody had in the Second World War”. It had a streamlined body and conning tower, retractable guns and three catapult-launched bombers. They just found it in Hawaii. More »
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Science

Sauron’s Eye Finally Being Installed In Hawaii

2:00PM Jesus Diaz | The Thirty-Metre Telescope will finally end in Hawaii, not Chile. When it’s finished in 2018, it will be nine times larger than any telescope today. More »
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Entertainment

Hawaii Attempts DTV Switch: Rocky But Weird And Entertaining

1:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Even though our Savior-Elect is pushing back the DTV transition, his beloved Hawaii took a test drive this Thursday. The odder-than-expected story includes mass confusion, Grey’s Anatomy, and the rare Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel. More »
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Cameras

1.4 Billion Pixel Digicam Will Spot Asteroids Before They Hit Us

5:00PM Elaine Chow | Just in time for the Christmas season, Hawaii will get to turn on one of four new asteroid (and Santa) tracking telescopes, which can scan large swaths of the sky quickly and clearly thanks to a 1.4-billion pixel digital camera with image stabilisation. The first prototype of the project, known as Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS), will take pictures three times a month of as much of space as it can see from the peak of Mount Haleakala in Maui. It’ll be used as Earth’s first defence against Armageddon-like planet-rocking meteors. More »
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