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Hero of Geek Myth #3: Maurice Sendak, The Man Who Tamed the Wild
Maurice Sendak , best known for writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are, passed away today. Rest in Peace, you magnificent illustrator. We all read your book. Posted by…
Destiny’s Child Reunion at Super Bowl XLVII
Surprise, Destiny’s Child reunited during the Super Bowl Half Time Show! After a dazzling display of a dancing and pyrotechnics the Super Bowl XLVII audience watched as Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland…
Microsoft Research Shows Off IllumiRoom Display Technology
During CES 2013, Microsoft Research posted this Illumiroom video to their YouTube channel.
SIGGRAPH 2013 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer
SIGGRAPH 2013 posted a preview of the technical papers presented this year. These works represents breakthrough research in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques, with far reaching implications…
Vintage 1977 NASA Video talks about Voyager 1
On September 12, 2013, NASA officially announced that Voyager 1 had left the solar system and begun it’s journey into interstellar space. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and interstellar medium. As of August 2013, it is 125 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun. One AU is equivalent to the average distance of the Earth to the Sun, roughly 145.5 billion miles. Voyager is currently the furthest man-made object from Earth.
As a throwback to the year Voyager 1 was launched, we found NASA’s Highlights of the 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report. The report outlines some of NASA’s projects at the time, including the Space Shuttle, Voyagers, Landsat, Spacelab, HEAO-1 and energy research.
Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make—and break—online video
Ars Technica covers why shady ISP deals may be screwing up video on the internet.