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  Stephen Wolfram reveals his personal analytics

  By Jamie Keene on March 11, 2012 11:31 pm + 15 comments

  Stephen Wolfram loves data. The creator of Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica has spent the last 20 years Continue reading…

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  AT&T's YouTube archive: Henson, Shatner, and Mr. Digit

  By Jamie Keene on March 6, 2012 08:50 am + 2 comments

  The regular readers among you might remember Computer H14, a Jim Henson creation for AT&T that Continue reading…

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  Old Maps Online centralizes access to over 60,000 historical maps

  By Dieter Bohn on March 5, 2012 10:26 pm + 9 comments

  The University of Portsmouth has launched a new online project with a title that refreshingly Continue reading…

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  Google mobile homepage now shows recent searches from your computer

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 5, 2012 05:29 pm + 25 comments

  Google has added a bunch of features like places and flight information to its iOS and Android Continue reading…

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  Heinrich Hertz birthday celebrated by animated Google Doodle

  By Vlad Savov on February 21, 2012 08:01 pm + 13 comments

  One of the great scientists of modern civilization, the man to whom we owe the mighty specs of Continue reading…

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  'Everything is a Remix Part 4' looks at social evolution and patent law

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 17, 2012 07:56 am + 18 comments

  The long-awaited conclusion to Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series has finally been posted Continue reading…

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  Listen to Air's 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune' soundtrack in full for free

  By Vlad Savov on February 4, 2012 03:01 pm + 17 comments

  The 1902 film Le Voyage Dans La Lune by Georges Méliès is rightly considered a progenitor to Continue reading…

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  Lost Edison recordings provide first sound of Otto von Bismarck's voice

  By Adi Robertson on February 2, 2012 09:18 am + 9 comments

  In 1957, a box of wax recording cylinders was discovered in the laboratory of Thomas Edison. Until Continue reading…

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  Alan Lomax's entire multimedia archive being digitized — 17,000 tracks for free in February

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2012 07:27 pm + 11 comments

  Alan Lomax’s contributions to music and culture have been extraordinary — he was single-handedly Continue reading…

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  The art of science: 'Life' celebrates Fritz Goro's photography

  By Jamie Keene on January 27, 2012 05:58 am

  Fritz Goro's photography was regularly featured in Life magazine during the 1930s-60s, with his work Continue reading…