Daily Archives: 09.02.2015

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

This Enormous Boat of a Car-Boat Probably Needed Oceans of Oil to Run

By Matt Novak

This Enormous Boat of a Car-Boat Probably Needed Oceans of Oil to Run

Life for Americans after World War II was supposed to be filled with open roads and open waters. The roads, more often than not, were for getting to work. And the water? That was pure leisure time. This “water-mobile” of 1947 was imagined to provide the best of both, with an enormous (and, one imagines, gas-guzzling) six-wheeled amphibious vehicle.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hdnXzJFsU3I/this-futuristic-water-mobile-probably-needed-a-small-oi-1684690640

      

Forgotten Apollo moon artifacts found in Neil Armstrong’s closet

By Amanda Kooser A hidden treasure trove of gear flown on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon sees the light of day after Neil Armstrong’s widow shares the find with the Smithsonian.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/43363a7c/sc/38/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cforgotten0Eapollo0Emoon0Eartifacts0Efound0Ein0Eneil0Earmstrongs0Ecloset0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

See Microsoft’s Cortana-driven Work Assistant do someone’s bidding

By Lance Whitney A new video purports to show the product, now being privately tested, in action. Destined for Windows 10, Work Assistant will enable you to give commands to your Office apps.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/4335742a/sc/4/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cmicrosofts0Ecortana0Edriven0Ework0Eassistant0Eseen0Ein0Evideo0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

See Microsoft’s Cortana-driven Work Assistant do someone’s bidding

By Lance Whitney A new video purports to show the product, now being privately tested, in action. Destined for Windows 10, Work Assistant will enable you to give commands to your Office apps.

…read more

Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/4335742a/sc/4/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cmicrosofts0Ecortana0Edriven0Ework0Eassistant0Eseen0Ein0Evideo0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm