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Here Are Some Amazing Photographs Of Early Astronauts And Their Wives
Author: Rod Sutherland
Lily Koppel’s new nonfiction book, The Astronaut Wives Club , looks at the historic time in America when astronauts were heroes and their families were emblems. She talks about the book and the photos she gathered.
The family of Jim Lovell (of “Houston, we have a problem” fame) watching Apollo 8 liftoff on Dec. 21, 1968. From left: James, Jeffery, Susan, Marilyn Lovell, and Barbara.
Via: Courtesy: NASA
The adventurous spirit of the space era of 1960s America feels awfully far away. Spending billions of dollars for the sake of science and exploration — are we still doing that in any way anyone notices, or wants to know about? I have no idea.
Lily Koppel’s new nonfiction book, The Astronaut Wives Club, out this week, takes its readers from the inception of the astronaut program in 1959 through Apollo 17 in 1972, the final manned moon landing. It effectively — and rivetingly, I found — goes through those 13 years of U.S. history by telling the NASA story through the domestic sphere: specifically, through the wives' lives. And for most of the space program, a wife and children were a job requirement for the astronauts — though fidelity and being physically present were not — so there ended up being a lot of them.
And they became close to each other. There was a literal Astronaut Wives Club. “They really had to sort of rely on each other to make it through the space race — and they were on this parallel mission to their husbands,” said Koppel in a recent telephone interview.
Most of the wives went from being military spouses just scraping by to celebrities with cash they'd never had and reporters trailing after them. “It was intoxicating,” said Koppel. “The whole country had space fever. And they were a part of it. They felt very much like they were playing a really important role.”
Their marriages, like that of the space-championing Kennedys', whom some of the astronaut families got to meet and befriend, were meant to reflect an ideal. It was a fulltime PR job. “All the astronauts, even today, fully attest to the fact that without them, it would have been sort of impossible, because they were just working all the time,” said Koppel. “The women kept the whole public relations image that everything was still perfect back on Earth.”
Koppel shared some photographs with BuzzFeed that she had gathered during the reporting of The Astronaut Wives Club.
Here is the Lovell family.
Via: NASA
This photograph was taken in their home in Dec. 1968, a few days before Apollo 8, which was the first mission to orbit the moon, and “was given a 50/50 chance by NASA,” Koppel said. Describing the Lovells, Koppel said: “In a way, they’re representative of many of the astronauts and their wives: they were high school sweethearts, they got married after Jim graduated from Annapolis. Marilyn was with him all throughout his test pilot career. These are careers that were sort of built on partnerships. Although they started in the '50s when we don't think of women as particularly liberated, you had to be adventurous to the point of almost being a superwoman to be married to one of these guys. Because their job was so dangerous, and they were so macho.”
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Mystery Motorola Phone Passes Through The FCC, Looks Just Like Early X Phone Leaks
Author: Markus Smith
Here’s a little noodle-scratcher for you fellow mobile hardware nerds to ponder this evening. This little Motorola Mobility beauty, brandishing the model number XT1058, recently passed through the FCC and left the customary paper trail in its wake.
Alright, maybe calling it a beauty is a bit of a stretch, but here’s the kicker: the rudimentary sketch included with the listing looks bears a striking resemblance to a slew of earlier leaked images that purportedly showed off Motorola’s secretive X Phone.
Consider the alignment of those three circular elements on the back — those bits match up rather nicely with the camera, LED flash, and Motorola logo/button as seen in images of an unreleased smarpthone originally circulated by the team at Tinhte.vn. Even the seemingly curved section along the top edge where the device’s headphone jack lives and the placement of what appears to be the sleep/wake button are spot on when compared to those leaked photos.
Having a hard time visualizing all that? Here’s a side by side view to give you a sense of the similarities:
Of course, this doesn’t bring us any closer to figuring out what the device is actually capable of — all the FCC’s listing reveals is that this thing sports radios for Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11ac and NFC. It could be that this is the first regulatory appearance of the so-called XFON, a device that noted gadget leaker @EvLeaks posted photos of earlier this month. After all, the XT1058 has been found to support AT&T’s particular LTE bands, and the XFON’s IMEI label clearly calls it out as an AT&T device.
At this point no one (save for the lucky chump who snapped those photos in the first place) can definitively say whether or not the XFON and this curious AT&T device are the same, but it’s distinctly possible. There are a few cosmetic similarities between the two — namely the Motorola logo stamped on the top left corner, the shape of the speaker grille, and the placement of the indicator LED and the front-facing camera. Don’t pay too much attention to the chunky chassis though, as it’s not uncommon for non-final hardware to undergo testing clad in patently ugly shells. You may recall that BlackBerry’s Dev Alpha and Beta devices lived in similarly unflattering boxes before the innards were officially unveiled at a series of simultaneous launch events back in January.
For all of the things that Google is expected to show off next week at its annual I/O developer conference (the refreshed Nexus 7, a unified chat system, redesigned Google Maps, etc.), a brand new smartphone wasn’t expected to be one of them. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the X Phone (or XFON, whatever) won’t make an appearance in San Francisco, but there has been a distinct lack of chatter that leads me to think that such a smartphone isn’t on the agenda. After all, Google’s been downright lousy at keeping things under wraps lately.
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Ford to break its yearly hybrid sales record in the US, seven months early
Author: Ian Simpson
When Ford’s hybrid lineup has been rapidly expanding over the past year, it stands to reason that the company’s sales in the category would take off like an eco-friendly rocket. They have, and faster than you’d expect: the automaker now says it should break its yearly record for US hybrid sales sometime in May, with just under 6,000 cars standing between its current 2013 figures and an all-time high of 35,496 hybrids in 2010. The company has also more clearly established itself as number two, climbing from an estimated three percent of the US hybrid market share last April to 18 percent this year. While Toyota is still the clear frontrunner at 58 percent, Ford is ahead of its Detroit-based rivals — and when Prius sales are soft, the Japanese firm just might be nervous.
Filed under: Transportation
Source: Bloomberg
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HSN’s order page for T-Mobile’s Lumia 521 goes live early
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
It feels like only yesterday we told you HSN would be the first retailer offering T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 521, and although the place hasn’t changed, the date has. The Lumia 520 variant wasn’t expected to be available through HSN’s online store until tomorrow, but in a bit of good news to kick off your Friday, the order page is now live. An off-contract handset will set you back $ 149.95, or four payments of $ 37.49. The next confirmed date we have for availability is May 11th at Microsoft and Walmart stores, so if you’re looking to bag one of the budget Windows Phone 8 handsets before then, head to the source link and hit the virtual checkout — not only may stock run dry, but HSN could’ve accidentally pulled the trigger early and hide the page when orders start rolling in.
[Thanks, Tim]
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, T-Mobile
Source: HSN
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Lenovo ThinkPad Helix starts shipping, Seton Hall University gets early units
Author: Mark Jeffries
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Helix has had one of the rockier roads to the US market, having been promised for February only to be delayed to April. Things are getting smoother, however, as the first units of the are rolling off the production line — and there are already customers waiting at Seton Hall University. Keeping up its recent practice of handing out gadgets to junior students, the school expects to test the dockable Windows 8 tablet within a few weeks, and then deliver about 2,000 units to newcomers starting in June. The turn toward a hybrid lets the university settle on one PC design for the fall rather than divide its attention between tablets and Ultrabooks, Seton Hall’s Drew Holden says. As for the general public? Lenovo hasn’t officially put the Helix on sale through its own store, but a handful of customers say they’ve already received theirs through other channels. In any event, keep a close watch on third-party stores if you’re willing to part with $ 1,499 for a ThinkPad convertible.
Filed under: Laptops, Tablets, Lenovo
Via: Ultrabook News
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Panasonic’s Lumix GF6 leaks early with a 16MP sensor, tilting touchscreen and NFC for £449
Author: Charity Woods
After going by Taiwan’s WiFi certification tests, Panasonic’s most current interchangeable lens camera has actually broken cover over at TechRadar. The leak has offered us the first look at the Lumix GF6′s full specification list, which consist of the same 16-megapixel sensor as the GX1, a brand-new Venus engine to assist with imaging performance, an electrostatic touchscreen and (in a first for ILCs) built-in NFC. Much better still, the team had some time to play with the camera, which has actually revealed itself nearly specifically 12 months after the last GF version. The camera apparently tries to straddle the space between compact point-and-shoots and the more technical world of mirrorless and DSLR shooters with a new mode dial ahead and a more receptive touchscreen. In addition to NFC, there’s even built-in WiFi to aid image sharing– although we can only share the original information with the magic of Google cache– take a peek at the source below. No word on a specific launch date in the leak, although the UK’s & pound; 449 price tag (which consists of a brand-new 14-42mm kit lens) need to translate to around $ 680 on the other side of the Atlantic.
[Image credit: TechRadar]
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Google Glass Early Adopters Hope to Develop Knowing, Health care, Ease of access & Safety Apps
Author: Jenny Zhao
Wondering who has succeeded a Google Glass? Stanford PhD student Andrej Karpathy has actually made use of Twitter ’ s API to assemble a partial list of the so far close to 4,000 winners of Google ’ s Glass Explorers first adopter competition who used to get the high tech specs through Twitter. Google still hasn ’ t confirmed that the last Glass winners have been named yet so there may yet be a few more invites to go out. Update: Karpathy ’ s listing has actually now been updated to 4238 people, so Glass invites are still going out today. Huge G has actually been active this previous week sending out notices to champions of its # ifihadglass investment project (and even rescinding a few that fell short to equal its T&C s). Winners put on ’ t actually succeed a free pair of Glass. Rather they get a VIP pass to spend $ 1,500 to be amongst the first group of people to possess a pair of the Glass Traveler Version of Google ’ s high tech specifications. So it ’ s a high stakes, high presence marketing competitors as Google finds to both evangelise, humanise and normalise a modern technology that ’ s brand-new, various and impossible to overlook — being as it sits right on the face. Successful candidates on the Twitter listing(whose Twitter descriptions are revealed above in Word Cloud kind)include well-known names such as previous Speaker of your home, Amphibian Gingrich, who pledged “ # ifihadglass i would take it on tours of zoos and galleries to share the animals and fossils ”, and — at the polar opposite end of the celebrity spectrum — electronica singer songwriter Imogen Load who wishes to ” hook them up w/my gloves to help me browse music making in 3D ”. As you ’ d expect, the list of winners weighes on entertainers and extroverts guaranteeing to livestream their gig/music/show / art/sports activity/skydive. There are likewise a reasonable couple of marketing kinds — pledging to do things like “ learn & write how it will alter advertising & brands ”. But — more interesting than either of these classifications — are the designers with app ideas for Glass. Previously this month Google demoed a few of its own Glass apps such as Gmail, as well as revealed a few 3rd celebration apps from the likes of the New york city Times, Evernote and Path. But Glass will fly or pass away based
on cool new apps that likely wear ’ t exist on various other platforms yet. I ’ ve collated a listing (see below)of some of the app concepts that Glass champions are pledging to produce — and, past the apparent use-cases of audio and streaming a first person viewpoint, styles for possible Glass apps are already arising. Education and learning, healthcare, ease of access and safety application concepts are numerous amongst this wave of Glass very early adopters(albeit, these designers likely place ’ t had a possibility to effectively cope with Glass yet
). It looks likely that Glass will be the tech sector where augmented truth can seriously remove — thanks to both the natural visual overlay and the hands-free nature of the device. On smartphones and tablets AR stays something of a trick, because the individual has to hold the gadget approximately produce a field-of-vision overlay — limiting how they can interact with it and how long they can utilize it for. Neither are problems for Glass. I would create information retrieval apps that deal with the Glass # ifihadglass – like repair info, and so on. [link] we develop a completely new shopping app leveraging the power of glass+android. [link] I ’ d make a http://t.co/WWcsHNbZcD app so that little “ icons of trust ” hover over individual heads. I ’ d understand who to trust, quickly / [link] I ’ d develop an application for tourists to correspond with their loved ones. Show appeal is in examination of the Glass holder. [link] I ’ d develop a micro-expression detector that would enable suitable feedbacks to the occasionally subtle responses in others. [link] I would establish cutting-edge apps for publications [link] I ’ d produce an app that had real-time details about taxis when you looked at their taxi number making use of AR # ifihadglass [link] Being partially blind, # ifihadglass I ’ d utilize it to augment my absence of peripheral vision, use presence apps to avoid bumping into others, etc. [link] I ’ d help develop brand-new applications for its use in wellness & medication & inspire others to as well http://t.co/JKNXWI4Dyk [link] I ’ d write apps for smartwatches that show tokens for the Glass to get and show expanded information @ projectglass [link] I ’ d make mashups with @ LeapMotionDev for augmented reality apps like these http://t.co/JZlTdeD0rc and evangelize to devs [link] I would develop a driving security app to assist decrease driver diversion, find drowsiness, and display upcoming roadway issues [link] I ’ d develop a ski app to reveal you speed, distance, calories. Take activity pics in collection.
Include sensors to jacket for more security. [link] i ’ d create a skill/barter app where people could possibly indicate skills/goods they have/need for trade. Haves/needs appear overhead. [link] I ’ d create the best nerd app — crosshairs. [link] I develop an app to reveal people how much carbon energy they were making use of. [link] develop apps that can be beneficial for moms and dads and children like medical [link] I ’ d make an app that converts the sheet songs you see into a MIDI file. =D [
link] I ’ d explore applications for education [link] I would build apps for individuals who go shopping. [link] I would develop an input and recall application for simply. me – an app that enables us to capture, share and remember our life. [link] I would construct an app to display essential running and heart rate information
to me while I run and bike / [link] I ’ d develop an app called momento that allowed me to bear in mind where things are by using playback. [link] I would construct applications for dental practitioners, doctors, and makers to empower the industrial AR dream. [link] I would build a dating app (that would inevitably be considered creepy). [link] i ‘d develop an app to assist ppl with their dieting/eating routines by revealing you nourishment info for things you consume. (hook me up)[ link] I will produce a face awareness app to advise me the name of the individuals I satisfy and count the amount of time I invest with them. [link] I would check out and discuss the feasible retail applications … i.e., shop my glass off [link] I would establish a location and image awareness based increased truth app for blind or aesthetically impaired individuals. [link] I would construct a persistent knowledge AI: construct an application to instantly bring search results page apropos of discussion [link] I would develop some kind of app to assist children establish art abilities. [link] I would right away begin on my commute/family journey monitoring support app, and wear glass daily on … http://t.co/T7dneqFsfN [link] To prevent and reduce excessive weight, with an app that records exercise and food intake to offer dietary guide # ifihadglass [link] Look into Tour, a concept directed tour app for Google Glass # ifihadglass. Making the unnoticeable noticeable http://t.co/GZsFZrvVi1 [link] I would write an app to determine lawmakers on the fly. A covert aesthetic shazam. [link] I ’ d write an app to make it simpler to check out nourishment facts on processed food [link] We would utilize our AR to make the very best ever before # travel app with details about monument/landscape and boards translation overlay # ifihadglass [link] I want to make an app that helps deaf people “ see ” exactly what others are chatting about. [link] I would develop a speedometer app to track my top and ordinary speeds while luging, http://t.co/RnDFKyFw5w [link] construct an app that suggests individuals to meet based upon who is nearby. [link] I would write a running app that would reveal the @ strava course names and course records of whatever streets I was running on [link] I would use the heads-up/subject-overlay credit to make better apps for healthcare experts, analysts and students [link] I would work to discover applications for its use in hospitals and other medical care setups. [link] I would develop GhostRunner. An application that enables me to run against my own best time. Visually. http://t.co/wF2loUrOqz [link] I would develop an app that utilizes facial recognition to meet again lost pets with their parents # ifihadglass http://t.co/zVaD80lWwv [link] I would develop an app efficient in taking signboards, and changing them with things you are attempting to bear in mind (or cat images). [link] I would develop an app to have the “ Yellow Line ” at football games in real life.
http://t.co/REmY5GrX [link] I would create a Marine Navigation application for both the laid-back cruiser and racing seafarer # WindSpeed # BuoyLocations [link] Client service application
that uses live video from callers to walk them through options # ifihadglass [link] I ’ d build an app to recognize fashion on the road and find a place to purchase it. # iloveyourdress #
wheredidyougetit [link] I ’ d write an app that tapes a minute buffer of video that will conserve to Google Drive on command.
Document outstanding things. [link] I would make a doorbell app, so I might see who ’ s knocking and quickly let them in. http://t.co/fL4gJ3w1DF [link] # ifihadglass remind individuals of their consultations, would utilize Google maps to figure out when to send out pointer, ie farther away, earlier ping [link] Innovate: App 2 reduce weapon violence! http://t.co/zCzxF5ESfv
[ link] Hands-free training! Not tethered to a laptop computer or Elmo, unlimited innovative & useful classrm applications! [link] Hate it when your Dr. constantly looks down throughout your appointment
? I ’ m going to alter that with Glass. http://t.co/LnW8po2FfV # ifihadglass [link] I would create an app to let general aviation aviators prep and fly their airplanes through lists they can see in the glass.
[ link] I ’ d built-in voice-control for all of our attributes in our products so that customers could use our apps while on the treadmill
. [link] I will test my AR android app for climbing, suggesting enhancements, and sharing this experience with the climbing up community [link] I would create an app that would make people, specifically young females like myself, feel safe in their existing surroundings. [link] I will develop a driver-training app to detect incorrect driving habits and provide training feedback.
[ link] I would establish an application to allow the communication with deaf individuals by revealing a live transcription in Google Glass 1/2 [link] establish an application for musicians,
by taking part in a data source that would help tablature to play the instrument [link] I would establish an app that can recommend desired dishes by just exploring my refrigerator and scanning its food products [link] i ’ d establish
an app to help waiters try to keep track of tables, orders and client inclinations [link] i would create an app measuring tension levels by the size of your pupils. Information could possibly show tension visualised throughout the world [
link] I would develop a gps app that gave historic information. [link] I ’ d establish an app that would notify moms and dads when their teen isn ’ t paying attention
to the road while driving. [link] 4 Architecture app Glasses can be conected with SketchUp so the customers could possibly se the building proposals directlly on website. [link]
Establish app integrating BIM – construction employees construct with greater speed and precision – designers imagine ideas in situ [link] I ’ d create apps for retailers to survey merchandise, check stock and order replenishments automatically – by looking at racks [link] I ’ d construct an app to assist initially responders get the details they need while keeping their eyes on the topic. [link]
Make an app or hardware mod that understands mood to change UX(based on pupil expansion)# ifihadglass [link] I would build a real-time medical history taking app that would tape & upload doctor/patient communications into an EMR! [link] I ’ d make apps
to control all my Internet of Things with # Android @ House. [link] I would develop an application that makes home improvement tasks simpler by changing measuring tapes and basic box levels [link] I would establish place mindful applications, like car equate of spotted text, information on items seen etc.
[ link] Program brilliant subtitles to truth. Hyperlink objects. Design apps for self-directed learning # edtech http://t.co/QGE49Q82uC [link] I would make an app to alert the deaf when a loud noise recognizes a
danger outside of their field of vision [link] Use it to develop an app the incentives individuals when they toss their trash away, would take pictures to verify it [link] I would make an application that makes it possible for individuals to crowdsource live coverage of public occasions. # youtube2 [link] Consider applications for use with kids and learning handicaps. [link] I would make them Wi-Fi instinctive with app support so that you can
use them to readjust setups on your DSLR or GoPro. [link] I ’ d develop tools to make measuring the self throughout multiple domains easier, even more transparent, and more efficient than ever before. [link] I ’ d build details sharing devices for enriching IRL chats.
If I browse for something, the pals with me need to see outcome. [link]
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Goophone i5S KIRFs the iPhone 5S early, gives the iPhone 4S a run for its money (video)
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Ah, Goophone. The company that made its name keepin’ it real artificial with strangely similar duplicates of various other business’ devices, often before the originals have even introduced. It’s plainly not dropping that tradition anytime soon, as it simply previewed the i5S, an effort to preempt the supposed iPhone 5S prior to even the report mill has actually produced anything tangible. As you ‘d practically anticipate, it’s really a not-very-subtle imitation of the current iPhone 5 body and software that does its finest to mask using Android (this time Jelly Grain) instead of iOS. Do not think that Goophone has learned any even more about shadowing Apple on the technology front, nonetheless. The i5S is running hardware that would often be trounced by a 2011-era iPhone 4S, including a dual-core 1GHz MediaTek processor, 512MB of RAM, an 854 x 480 screen and a 5-megapixel rear camera. The firm is mostly counting on absurdly low pricing to offset the sleight-of-hand– at its $ 150 launch cost, the i5S expenses a fraction of the genuine iPhone 5′s rate while undercutting the older yet in some way more sophisticated Goophone i5. Catch a video trial of the astonishing facsimile after the break.
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Xi3 starts Piston pre-orders: buy an early Steambox for under $1,000
Author: Randy Miller
While Xi3′s Piston may only be a Steambox through its software optimization, that still leaves us with a milestone on our hands now that the system is available for pre-orders: it’s the first Valve-blessed PC on sale. If you’re willing to set aside just under $ 1,000 ($ 900 during SXSW), you can claim a Big Picture-friendly mini PC with an embedded, 3.2GHz version of AMD’s quad-core A10 in addition to 8GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive. There’s no mention of the conventional spinning storage referenced at CES. Expansion is limited to larger-capacity SSDs, although that’s not surprising when the entire computer is smaller than a GeForce GTX Titan. The real jolt will be the launch timing. Xi3 won’t have Pistons shipping until around the holidays, which could leave some of us hunting for less-than-official (if considerably larger) substitutes for the full Steam experience.
Via: Joystiq
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EA Maxis cops to ‘dumb’ SimCity launch, offers early adopters a free game
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The botched launch of the brand-new SimCity game has actually upset lots of today, however there is a little good information. EA Maxis exec Lucy Bradshaw posted that the company is working on its server concerns, with capability apparently up 120 percent in the last 48 hours and “disrupted experiences” down 80 percent. As a method of making up for a launch that was “dumb” for not expecting much more players and activity than seen in its beta, EA will provide all those who have actually activated a copy by March 18th a free of cost COMPUTER game download. There’s no word on which game(s) from the EA portfolio will be readily available however individuals will be informed by email. The one thing they will not be getting nonetheless is exactly what numerous are requesting for: an offline option that stays clear of all the server mess and entanglements of always-on DRM.
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