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  How two 'Star Trek' fans are restoring original series shuttlecraft

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 8, 2013 07:15 pm + 22 comments

  The set piece for the shuttlecraft that ferried Spock, Scotty, and more than a handful of other crew Continue reading…

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  First ever website brought back to life at its original URL

  By Vlad Savov on April 30, 2013 04:33 am + 121 comments

  April 30th may seem as ordinary as any other date, but in 1993 it marked an important milestone in Continue reading…

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  Restoring the DeLorean time machine to its original glory

  By Amar Toor on February 19, 2013 03:15 am + 34 comments

  After more than a year of development, the original DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future Continue reading…

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  Eyebeam Art + Technology Center turns archive rescue effort into an exhibit

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 8, 2013 05:29 am

  If you’re New York’s Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, what better way could there be to deal Continue reading…

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  Volkswagen Bus lovingly restored as a mobile photo booth

  By Ben Kersey on January 7, 2013 02:34 pm + 1 comments

  What do you get when you combine a passion for photography with an old Volkswagen Bus? A mobile Continue reading…

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  Watch this: creating the sounds of 'Lincoln' from a silent era

  By Amar Toor on November 21, 2012 05:14 am + 10 comments

  As the sound designer on the set of Lincoln, Ben Burtt was charged with the daunting task of lending Continue reading…

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  Researchers resurrect 'The Witch,' world's oldest working computer

  By Amar Toor on November 20, 2012 04:17 am + 25 comments

  Researchers at the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) in the UK have restored a massive, 1950s-era Continue reading…

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  Researchers successfully restore 134 year-old audio recording

  By Kimber Streams on October 25, 2012 11:39 am + 25 comments

  Researchers at California's Berkeley Lab have restored one of the oldest known audio recordings, a Continue reading…

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  Scientists restore light sensitivity in blind mice using simple chemical injection

  By Vlad Savov on July 26, 2012 07:06 am + 9 comments

  Eyesight restoration has deservedly been the subject of much research over the years, but the latest Continue reading…

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  Film preservation and the impermanence of the digital medium

  By Bryan Bishop on February 13, 2012 10:02 pm + 19 comments

  Starting with a colorful anecdote about a cache of early silent films discovered beneath a Canadian Continue reading…