DTNS 2765 – It’s not a bar, it’s a grove!

Daily Tech News Show / May 20th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comApple’s gargantuan glass flagship store in San Francisco has us thinking? Are they the exception, or the new retail rule? Amber Mac and Tom Merritt discuss while Len Peralta illustrates the show.

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Today in Tech History – May 20, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 20th, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1875 – 17 nations (including the US) signed the ‘Convention du Mètre’ in Paris, France, establishing the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

1891 – The first public demonstration of a prototype Kinetoscope was given at Edison’s laboratory, for approximately 150 members of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs. The New York Sun reported on the demonstration.

1958 – Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite. (US. No. 2,835,548). The patent stipulated the government could use the technology without having to pay royalties.

1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope sent its first light image back to Earth, taken with the wide field/planetary camera.

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DTNS 2764 – Cool Kids are Second Movers

Daily Tech News Show / May 19th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comGoogle will make their own VR headset after all but why? Has Google run out of ideas? Tom Merritt and Justin Young discuss.

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Today in Tech History – May 19, 2016

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20140404-073853.jpg1857 – William Francis Channing of Boston and Moses Gerrish Farmer, of Salem received the first US patent for an “electromagnetic fire alarm telegraph for cities” (No. 17,355).

1961 – Venera 1 became the first manmade object to fly by another planet, passing within 100,000 KM of Venus. The probe did not send back any data having lost contact with Earth a month earlier.

2006 – Apple opened its 20,000-square foot store at 767 Fifth Avenue. It was the second Apple store in New York City but the iconic glass cube made it the most famous.

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DTNS 2763 – Allo? Knock Knock, Is There Anyone Home?

Daily Tech News Show / May 18th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comAre we headed to a world without screens? Could eyes and fingers be enough to control your computers? Plus all the announcements from Google I/O from Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt.

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Today in Tech History – May 18, 2016

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20140404-073853.jpg1923 – The first patent application for the rotary-dial telephone was submitted in France by Antoine Barnay.

1953 – Jackie Cochran took off from Rogers Dry Lake, California piloting an F-86 Sabre plane and reached averaged speeds of 652.337 miles per hour, becoming the first woman to break the sound barrier.

1969 – Apollo 10 launched, completing all the stages of a moon landing mission without landing on the Moon. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford descended in the Lunar Module to within 15KM of the lunar surface.

1998 – The United States Department of Justice and twenty US states filed civil actions against Microsoft, alleging the company abused monopoly power regarding operating system and Web browser sales.

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DTNS 2762 – Pick a Card Any Card

Daily Tech News Show / May 17th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comNvidia’s new GTX 1080 could improve VR. Plus its’ their fastest yet and beautiful. But is it worth the money? Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Today in Tech History – May 17, 2016

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20140404-073853.jpg1902 – While going through objects recovered by divers near Antikythera off the coast of Greece, archaeologist Valerois Stais discovered a strange device with gear-wheels inside. The Antikythera mechanism has been puzzling investigators for more than a hundred years.

1943 – The US Army and the University of Pennsylvania signed a contract to develop ENIAC. It was planned to use vacuum tubes and calculate ballistic firing tables.

1954 – The first shovel load of earth was dug on the Meyrin site of the first CERN Laboratory building in Geneva.

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