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Ann Makosinski - My 18-year Journey

Ann Makosinski - My 18-year Journey
Ann Makosinski’s first toy was a box of transistors; her youth was nothing short of innovative and unique. At 15, she was inspired to create a flashlight that ran off the heat of the human hand—the Hollow Flashlight—when one of her friends in the Philippines failed a school grade because she didn’t have any light or electricity with which to study at night.

Vangelis enters a black hole

Vangelis enters a black hole
 Well we didn’t see that one coming. The maestro is sending his music, with lightspeed, into the dark realms of a black hole. On the other hand being the father of sci-fi music with Bladerunner in his back-catalog, it of course make perfect sense. ESA – The European Space Agency had its own special way of marking a memorial service for astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking.

The Machine Fired Me

The Machine Fired Me
It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to take a shower and get ready for the day. On my way to work, I listened to the voice mail she had left.

The legendary Apple research group that shaped our world

The legendary Apple research group that shaped our world
From 1986 to 1997, isolated from the fray at One Infinite Loop, (Advanced Technology Group) engineers and scientists crafted breakthrough technologies like HyperCard, QuickTime, QuickTime VR, and Apple Data Detectors. These inventions–even if they don’t exist today in their original form–shaped how computers, smartphones, and even the web itself works today.