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Watching Computer Scientists Recall Their First Computer Is So Adorable
Video: Your first computer is (kind of) like your first kiss: exciting at the time, deeply memorable later in life, and yet still potentially embarrassing when recounted in public. For those reasons, watching dozens of computer scientists recall their first (computer) in this video is oddly compelling.
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What’s The Red Shape In NASA’s Meatball Logo?
You’ve probably seen NASA’s so-called “meatball logo,” and wondered what it meant. Obviously, the blue sphere represents a planet. What about the red? I’d assumed the chevron stood for aeronautics, and once I heard it represented a certain constellation. But the truth is more interesting.
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Happy Birthday To Betamax, Sony’s Next Big Thing
On May 10, 1975, Sony took out full-page ads in a bunch of newspapers to proudly announce the arrival of a new product, “The Next Thing”: Betamax.
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Satellites Looked So Futuristic In 1958
You’d be forgiven for thinking that this was a piece of modern sculpture. But in fact you’re looking one of NASA’s old Vanguard satellites, photographed at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1958.