Embed from Getty Images There’s a story over at Quartz about the end of videocassette-recorder production. Ananya Bhattacharya writes that Japan’s Funai Electronics, which makes its own electronics, in addition to supplying companies like Sanyo, will produce the last batch of VCR units by July 30, Nikkei reported (link in Japanese). The company cites difficulty…
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Games/Puzzles, Technology
So What’s Pokémon Go?
by JOHN ADAMS •
It’s two things: a game one plays with one’s smartphone (as CNET explains in the video embedded above), and a reworking of an old set of characters in a new format. The original characters were interesting to millions before, and remain interesting, making their revival in a new format a good bet. If the characters…
Space, Technology
NASA Tests New Rocket Engine
by JOHN ADAMS •
NASA enjoyed a successful test of a heavy rocket, and both the federal agency and private enterprise are pushing ahead with rockets powerful enough to support a mission to Mars. A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test…
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Runway Numbers Decoded
by JOHN ADAMS •
Business, Technology
Building Apple’s New Campus
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space, Technology
Blue Origin Rocket Landing
by JOHN ADAMS •
New Shepard flight on April 2, 2016 showing flight of the booster from just ahead of reentry through descent and landing. Video is from the GH2 vent camera located just below the booster’s ring fin. Via Blue Origin YouTube Channel.
Film, Technology
Film: Before Apple
by JOHN ADAMS •
Via Before They Created Apple, Jobs And Wozniak Hacked The Phone System @ Signals | Five Thirty-Eight.
Science/Nature, Technology
Why Are Plane Windows Round?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Technology
The Underwater Cables That Hold the Internet
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space, Technology
A Virtual Look Inside Apollo 11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Technology
‘The Clock That Sets Them All’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Business, Technology
Google’s Drone Delivery Plans
by JOHN ADAMS •
Technology
The Hyperloop Pod Competition at Texas A & M
by JOHN ADAMS •
For more about the 1.29-1.30 competition, see the SPACEX HYPERLOOP POD COMPETITION DESIGN site. (The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Badgerloop team was a top-five finisher and will proceed to the next round in California later this year.)
Birds, Technology
Birds of Prey v. Drones
by JOHN ADAMS •
From the Netherlands, it’s birds versus drones: