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The Ghost Army That Helped Defeat Hitler

(via Great Big Story) During WWII a secret division known now as the “ghost army” conducted over 20 tactical operations

May 13, 2016May 12, 2016 0 Comments engineering

(via Retronaut) At the start of the 20th century, engineers for New York City determined that in order to accommodate

Do you remember floppy disks? Well, they’re still a thing. Tom Persky, president of Floppydisk.com continues to acquire and process

May 5, 2016May 4, 2016 0 Comments artist

Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light,

May 3, 2016May 2, 2016 0 Comments phone, technology

On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a very consequential phone call. Dialing up AT&T’s Joel Engel from

America’s only space station – Skylab – was cobbled together using surplus Apollo program parts and launched into orbit on

April 28, 2016April 27, 2016 0 Comments

Telephone modem dialing up the internet, a VHS cassette being inserted into a VCR, a seasoned writer clacking away on

Most everyone has a pretty good idea of what an atomic explosion looks like. Seeing it all in person is

(via BBC) In the last months of World War Two, Nazi Germany tested an experimental fighter more spaceship than aircraft.

Scientists are very concerned about the effects of space travel on the human body – with the radiation, the pressure,

It sounds like the premise for a riddle: At the South Pole are two crystal balls that provides unfailingly accurate information—not

On 19th July 1918, U-boat 110 was making an approach on a convoy of Allied merchant ships off the Hartlepool