I didn’t know this… Apparently a Canadian had a hand in inventing the Charged Couple Device (CCD)… that’s the thing that takes the role of the “film” in your digital camera. From the CBC, Willard Boyle, a Canadian scientist who helped invent a light-sensitive chip, accepted a prestigious engineering award in the U.S. on Tuesday. …
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Assessing the Iranian Threat
Last week, the prospect of a showdown with Iran at the United Nations Security Council seemed inevitable. This week, the rhetoric has been toned down somewhat, and today the Chinese delegation expressed it’s support for a possible Russian solution to Irans nuclear problem. All that said, there still seems to be plenty of talk about …
James Bond car really DID have machine guns?
It’s true apparently. Remember in Goldfinger and Thunderball… the car that James Bond (Sean Connery) drove had machine guns, tire shredders, an oil slick thingy, and an ejection seat on the passenger side? Well, I always thought it was just faked somehow… I didn’t think it was all an actual, working, car. Apparently I was …
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