Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
Hey Hey 16k
May 31, 2007
Golden Disc
January 22, 2007
“Pioneers 10 and 11, which preceded Voyager, both carried small metal plaques identifying their time and place of origin for the benefit of any other spacefarers that might find them in the distant future. With this example before them, NASA placed a more ambitious message aboard Voyager 1 and 2-a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.”
Spark Museum
November 21, 2006
“Welcome to my “virtual” radio and scientific instruments museum where I display the radios and other items I have collected over the past 35+ years.”
Mobile Phone 60 years old
October 24, 2006
The iPod is a newbie; the mobile phone celebrates it’s 60th birthday.
“What was possibly the first real mobile phone, in the sense that it was connected to the telephone network, was tested by the Swedish police in 1946 for use in police cruisers”.
iPod 5 Years Old
October 24, 2006
Hip hip hurray. The white (yes much more colours, i know) musicbox of Apple turns 5 this week.
A little history.
PC 25 Years Old
August 15, 2006
“The IBM PC is 25. And here are the top PCs ever, from machines you owned and loved to systems you’ve never heard of”
iPod Odyssey?
July 8, 2006
I bet “2001, a space odyssey” is one of Jonathan Ive’s favourite movies. Looks like 2 giant ipods in the back…
