Zero from the Fathoms
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Tail Hook Rabaul Harbor, Papua New Guinea Mid-1943. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen was Japan’s premier fighter in World War II. It was the best all round carrier […]
A Public Library on a Fingertip
400GB MicroSD Memory Card Motorola Solutions 2005~. The first small storage format for computer data was the 8-inch floppy disk, available commercially from Memorex in 1972. It was a flexible, […]
Apollo 11 Kapton Foil
Flown Aluminized Kapton Foil Apollo 11 Command Module July, 1969. Astronaut Alan Shepard’s successful launch into space inspired President John F. Kennedy to proclaim that within the decade, America would land […]
The Scars of Trinity
Trinitite Alamogordo, New Mexico July 16, 1945. The Manhattan Project was a top secret effort for the U.S. to develop nuclear weapons. The project began in 1942, and produced two […]
Framed for Espionage
Minox Riga Sub-miniature Camera Riga, Latvia Manufactured 1942-43. German Inventor Walter Zapp designed a sub-miniature camera that was small enough to fit in one’s palm and hoped it would compete […]
A Closer Look at the Garden
Cary-Gould Pocket Microscope London, England c. 1840. When we think of microscopes today, we visualize large, heavy instruments on formica tables in laboratories or classrooms. Nearly 200 years ago, small […]