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TUMBLR TUESDAY: STORYBOARD EDITION

Pusheen the Cat Tells All
The squishy feline gives it up for the fans.

Hello Giggles on Feminism, Baby Animals, & Tweens
Zooey Deschanel, Sophia Rossi, and Molly McAleer rock out in a video interview while celebrating the first birthday of their awesome ladysite.

Phillip Stearns & the Year of the Glitch
Stearns walks us through his “glitch” artwork that landed him a billboard showcase in Times Square.

Introducing Summer Art Fridays
Launching our new weekly showcase of Tumblr artists, with Pat Falco as opening MC.

What Paper Means in Prison
How incarcerated papercrafters and contrabanders power a DIY economy.

Rebranding America’s Schools — One Tumblr Post at a Time
Jason Pollock’s hybrid social media/documentary project Undroppable aims to prove that every student is worth saving.

In addition to Storyboard, be sure to follow the official New & Notable blog for quick hits on other new Tumblrs.

prostheticknowledge: Project Whirlwind  First real-time digital computer developed in 1944 by MIT to aid the war effort. From MIT News: In the years during and after World War II, MIT played a prominent role in developing technologies that helped the U.S. military defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, and later in creating systems used to track aircraft during the Cold War. In the process, the Institute created the world’s first real-time digital computer and the first electronic navigation system — a forerunner of today’s GPS.These pioneering developments were among those recognized Wednesday at the Boston-area dedications of three commemorative plaques from the IEEE recognizing the projects as “Milestones” in the field.MIT’s Project Whirlwind computer, developed beginning in 1944 in a building at 211 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, was the first computer ever to use magnetic-core memory — a system that went on to dominate the computer industry for two decades. It was also the first to use a CRT display to show its output, and the first that was fast enough to provide real-time computations, allowing it to be used to control an aircraft simulator for bomber pilots.  More Here
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Project Whirlwind 

First real-time digital computer developed in 1944 by MIT to aid the war effort. From MIT News:

In the years during and after World War II, MIT played a prominent role in developing technologies that helped the U.S. military defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, and later in creating systems used to track aircraft during the Cold War. In the process, the Institute created the world’s first real-time digital computer and the first electronic navigation system — a forerunner of today’s GPS.

These pioneering developments were among those recognized Wednesday at the Boston-area dedications of three commemorative plaques from the IEEE recognizing the projects as “Milestones” in the field.

MIT’s Project Whirlwind computer, developed beginning in 1944 in a building at 211 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, was the first computer ever to use magnetic-core memory — a system that went on to dominate the computer industry for two decades. It was also the first to use a CRT display to show its output, and the first that was fast enough to provide real-time computations, allowing it to be used to control an aircraft simulator for bomber pilots. 

More Here

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