Day: November 5, 2014

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Rare first #Apple computer up for sale for over half a million dollars (at least) – an annotated infographic

E&T magazine

As if new Apple products weren’t expensive enough, how do you feel about paying (at least) $600,000 for one of the earliest Apple computers ever made, the Apple-1? The cachet of this particular 40-year-old computer is that it was sold directly to the first owner by none other than Mr Steve Jobs, at a time when he and Steve Wozniak were still working out of Jobs’ adoptive parents’ garage. The fully functioning Apple-1 computer, personally sold by Steve Jobs for $600 in 1976, is expected to fetch upwards of 600,000 when it goes under the hammer in New York on … Continue reading Rare first #Apple computer up for sale for over half a million dollars (at least) – an annotated infographic

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Virgin Galactic #SpaceShipTwo tail system under scrutiny – an annotated infographic

E&T magazine

According to the preliminary investigations, the likely cause of the Virgin Galactic disaster was that the SpaceShipTwo tail system deployed prematurely. The unique tail section – which “feathers” at an angle to help the spacecraft make a safe descent – deployed as it was ascending without being ordered to do so. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says SpaceShipTwo broke apart just two seconds after this “feathering” system was deployed. Meanwhile, E&T news reported recently on how although this re-entry device was at fault for accident, many experts are still concerned about Virgin’s hybrid engine. Click on the graphic … Continue reading Virgin Galactic #SpaceShipTwo tail system under scrutiny – an annotated infographic