A “click bait” title for this week’s “Because It’s Friday” article. From the BBC archive comes an excellent Tomorrow’s World episode, hosted by James Burke, looking at the technology that kept people alive and working in Antartica in 1967. Every trick to either keep things warm or cold and plans …
Because It’s Friday – Retro Tech
Two bits of retro tech this week with thirty years between them – both of which we take for granted today – just look at the dash of the modern VW above. First navigation. Second photography. Have a good weekend – wherever you are going or whatever you are photographing. …
Because It’s Friday – The Information Superhighway
“The Information Superhighway”, that is a term I have not heard in a long time, but it came up in a BBC YouTube video I watched this week. “…every word ever written…” “…transform your home into a mammoth interactive entertainment centre…” “On something called the internet…” President Bill Clinton had …
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Because It’s Friday. I have an interest in flying cars – doesn’t everyone?
I have written about technology and flying cars on the Octagon blog a number of times – so I was please to find this article for our “Because It’s Friday” feature: From the Delorean to the Batmobile, these are the cars that shaped film history | Ars Technica Some of …
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