Today in Tech History – – May 11, 2018
1951 – Jay Forrester filed a patent application for matrix core memory. Professor Forrester led a team at MIT that developed a three-dimensional magnetic structure code-named Project Whirlwind. It was the first random access memory that was practical, reliable and relatively high-speed.
https://www.google.com/patents/US2736880
1979 – Daniel Bricklin and Robert Frankston gave the first demonstration of VisiCalc, the program that made the Apple II popular with businesses.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/May/11/
1997 – Deep Blue won its final match against Chess master Garry Kasparov, becoming the first computer to defeat a chess champion in match play.
https://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/watch/html/c.html
2016 – Hyperloop One conducted the first test of its linear-electric motors for propelling Hyperloop pods on a test track north of Las Vegas, NV.
http://gizmodo.com/watch-the-first-full-scale-demo-of-the-hyperloop-1776048315
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DTNS 3281 – Scratch Your Coding Itch
As coding becomes a indispensable and respected skill some toy makers have developed STEM toys to help children, especially girls, develop and interest in coding. We take a look at the latest wave of programmable toys to hit the shelves.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Erin Carson.
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Daily Tech Headlines – May 11, 2018
Google will warn when a bot is calling, Didi Chuxing pauses ride-hitching, Snap comes with another redesign.
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Half and Half
Big Green Guy
Doom! (free comic book day print for 2018)
Today in Tech History – – May 10, 2018
1946 – The US launched its second V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground, which became the first successful launch of a large rocket on US soil. The rocket climbed straight up then pitched to the north reaching an altitude of 71 miles and impacted about 35 miles uprange.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/449089main_White_Sands_Missile_Range_Fact_Sheet.pdf
1960 – The nuclear-powered USS Triton submarine arrived in Groton, Connecticut, after completing the first completely submerged circumnavigation of Earth.
http://www.navalhistory.org/2011/05/10/uss-triton-circumnavigates-the-globe
2011 – Google announced its Open Hardware Platform and the Google Music service which would eventually become Google Play Music.
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DTNS 3280 – Udder Corruption
Google wants to help people improve their Digital Wellbeing. What does that mean and is this is a sign that even large tech companies acknowledge too much technology can be a detriment to one’s health?
Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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#323 – Demon Mythology
So many awards! Locus, Scribe, Parsec, oh my! Plus why we think maybe it’s OK to read the 21 books you shouldn’t read, and we kick off Tanith Lee’s amazing Night’s Master.