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The Weirdest and Most Wonderful Digital Cameras From the ’90s
The ‘90s might be best known for 16-bit gaming, Tamagotchis, and the earliest flip phones, but I remember it as a decade where we got to watch digital cameras go from expensive tools for professional photographers to devices accessible to the average consumer — complete with an awkward teenage phase where companies were willing to…
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How a ‘Playboy’ Centerfold Became Part of the Creation of the JPEG
In her new book, How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History, Samantha Cole traces the twisting history of the “Lena Centerfold,” an image from Playboy that became an international standard for training computers to recognise images. The image, taken in 1972, persisted for decades in computer science, even inspiring…
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This Day In History: The First Drive-In Movie Theater Opens
On the evening of June 6, 1933, motorists crowded into a parking lot on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey for the first ever drive-in movie screening. And with that, the drive-in theatre craze was born.
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Kodak Catches Raging Case Of Blockchain Fever
In the past few months, a number of companies have whispered the word “blockchain” and seen their stock prices explode, including a Hooters franchise owner, an iced tea company, and a biotech firm whose CEO promptly sold off around $1.1 million in stock. So hey look! Camera manufacturer Kodak is now crypto!