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Today in Tech History – December 23, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 23rd, 2017

1947 – John Bardeen and Walter Brattain demonstrated their new discovery, the transistor, at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. William Shockley, who contributed to the invention, missed the presentation.

http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html

1968 – Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders made the lunar-orbit-insertion maneuver on their way to becoming the first humans to orbit the Moon.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4205/ch11-6.html

1986 – Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager touched down at Edwards Air Force Base in the experimental airplane Voyager, completing the first non-stop, round- the- world flight without refueling.

http://centennialofflight.net/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/rutan/EX32.htm

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 22, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 22nd, 2017

Bitcoin volatility halts trading, Eric Schmidt steps down as Alphabet chairman, Amazon buys Blink.

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Today in Tech History – December 22, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 22nd, 2017

1666 – Seven mathematicians and seven physicists gathered by Jean-Baptiste Colbert met in the king’s library to found the French Academy of Sciences.
http://www.interacademies.net/Academies/ByRegion/EuropeCentralAsia/France.aspx
http://www.academie-sciences.fr/

1882 – Edward H. Johnson of the Edison Illumination Company strung a single power cord with red white and blue lights on his Christmas tree becoming the first person to use Christmas tree lights.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/1222johnson-creates-christmas-lights/

1885 – A patent for a gravity switchback railway was issued to La Marcus Thompson of Coney Island, New York. You and I might call it a “roller coaster.”

http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT332762

1968 – At 3:01 PM Eastern time, Apollo 8 transmitted the first US. live telecast from a manned spacecraft in outer space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR0VI7dSksk

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DTNS 3184 – Lost MP3s in the Amazon

Daily Tech News Show / December 21st, 2017

Facebook changes its fact-checking program, Amazon ends MP3 storage and Keeper sues Ars Technica.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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#313 – No Bones to Pick

Shows/ Sword and Laser / December 21st, 2017

Ready Player One may have a sequel, The Witcher TV show has a show runner, and we have no bones to pick with California Bones.

Daily Tech Headlines – December 21, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 21st, 2017

Apple admits slowing down old iPhones to protect battery life, Facebook changes fact-checking program and Windows Hello spoofed.

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Today in Tech History – December 21, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 21st, 2017

1898 – Building on Henri Becquerel’s discovery of spontaneous radioactivity two years earlier the husband-and-wife team of Pierre and Marie Curie discovered Radium. Marie particularly figured out how to separate it from its radioactive residues.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/1221curies-discover-radium/

1937 – Walt Disney’s first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened in Los Angeles. It ran 83 minutes. It was also the first animated film produced in color.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/12/opening-night-1937-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-premieres-at-carthay-circle-theatre/

1968 – Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew performed the first ever manned Trans Lunar Injection and became the first humans to leave Earth’s gravity. The Apollo Guidance Computer was the first computer to use integrated circuit logic.

http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/as08/a08sum.htm

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DTNS 3183 – What Has Your Wearable Done for You?

Daily Tech News Show / December 20th, 2017

Magic Leap announces it really will ship next year, Apple may be throttling old phones in order to save batteries and we check in on the health of wearables.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Scott Johnson.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 200 – The Last Jedi, Mr. Robot (310), Deadwood (103)

Cordkillers / December 20th, 2017

I mean, yes, we talk about Mr. Robot finale, but really we’re all here to chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. (With Jennie Josephson and Justin Robert Young)

00:01:34 – Winter Movie Draft 2017
00:05:42 – Mr. Robot (310)
00:45:16 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
00:58:49 – Deadwood (103)

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 20, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 20th, 2017

Uber is a transportation service in Europe, Coinbase investigates Bitcoin Cash, and France bans cell phones in schools.

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