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Microwave Tower

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Alexander Calder in Popular Science Magazine, 1954

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The Shirk Report – Volume 608 » TwistedSifter

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SONY Hit-Bit HB-101 (1984)

The Sony Hit-Bit HB-101 is one of the best-known and most distinctive Sony MSX1 home computers from the 1980s. “Hit-Bit” was Sony’s MSX product line name, and the HB-101 is still popular among retro collectors because of its compact, highly recognizable design.

Technically, it’s a classic MSX1 machine: a Sharp LH-0080 (Z80A-compatible) CPU at ~3.58 MHz, 16 KB RAM (the European HB-101P version often had 32 KB), 16 KB VRAM, and 2 cartridge slots, which made it very practical for games and expansions.

The video chip can vary by region (TMS9118NL / TMS9129NL), while sound is handled by the YM2149F PSG. It wasn’t the most powerful MSX model, but its Sony styling, colorful variants, and iconic look are exactly why it became such a cult favorite.

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NASA's Reduced Gravity Simulator at Langley Research Center, 1965.

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Wacky Packages stickers - Topps (1979 reissue)

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Wow, I hadn't heard of these!

"Known affectionately among collectors as Wacky Packs, the Topps stickers that parodied well-known consumer brands were a phenomenon in the 1970s―even outselling the Topps Company’s baseball cards for a while. But few know that the genius behind it all was none other than Art Spiegelman―the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novelist who created Maus." -this book

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The IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit (1964-1977)

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SR-71 & Pilots in Full Pressure Suits at Lockheed Martin, Late 1980’s. Photo by Eric Schulzinger .

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The Shadow by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

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PROMETHEUS (variant) by Grzegorz “Gabz” Domaradzki

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@sarahcolleenjane @possit-de-tenebris @edensmidian @carnalreincarnated

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Dark Side of the Moon Survey Software

The Artemis II crew have on their tablets the Lunar Targeting Plan. A survey software designed to guide them on how to take the precise required pictures of the moon and write and record their thoughts about what they observe. If I could do something at Nasa I think I could help with something like this. At least design the UI buttons.