retrofuture
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Behind The Scenes Of 2001: A Space Odyssey
The short documentary, 2001 A Space Odyssey: A Look Behind the Future is a fascinating artifact of film history. As the folks at Coudal Partners point out, it might be a little “cornball” at times, but it still serves to give context for thoughts around space exploration from technical experts and artists in the late…
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No, Tech Adoption Is Not Speeding Up
Yesterday, the folks over at Vox published an article arguing that generations should be defined by the technology they use, rather than by age. They included a graph that purported to show how American society is “adopting new technology more quickly than ever before”. The graph is garbage. And here’s why.
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10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Fake
The fakes just keep on coming, and it’s hard to keep up with all the internet-fuelled deception. Today, we’re taking a look at a few more dubious images that you may have seen floating around the web recently. Punking Putin? Aeroplane selfies? Rocket to Uranus? Fake, fake and definitely fake.
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This ‘Electric Book Reader’ Of 1927 Was The Future Of Speed Reading
“The biggest thing of all in research is the mental effect,” Willis Whitney wrote in 1921, “the projecting of a beam of light into the infinite and the growth of man’s appreciation.”