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A three-dimensional Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy System (3DPASS) capable to simultaneously measure three-dimensional electron-positron (e--e+) momentum densities measuring photons derived from e--e+ annihilation events was designed and characterized. 3DPASS simultaneously collects a single data set of correlated energies and positions for two coincident annihilation photons using solid-state double-sided strip detectors (DSSD). Positions of photons were determined using an interpolation method which measures a figure-of-merit proportional to the areas of transient charges induced on both charge collection strips directly adjacent to the charge collection strips interacting with the annihilation photons. The subpixel resolution was measured for both double-sided strip detectors (DSSD) and quantified using a new method modeled after a Gaussian point-spread function with a circular aperture.
This is one game that is really going to mess with your head, it has robots, spacecraft and enemies waiting around every corner, this is the Atomic Heart Annihilation Instinct game it comes with a …
Atomic Heart is one of those games that will bend your mind, it is based in a world that looks like our world, but there are differences, history as we know has changed the cold war continues and t…
... from an aerospace ad illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. From top to bottom: [1] Atlas [2] Minuteman [3] Titan [4] Polaris. all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
ere's something about an old photograph with no context - no text, no background information, nothing. ...
Atomic Heart is one of those games that will bend your mind, it is based in a world that looks like our world, but there are differences, history as we know has changed the cold war continues and t…
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... 'Operation Teapot' An unusually tall Civil Defense official poses with condemned mannequins inside a typical American suburban hous...
... oooo- until recently, all of this was very, very secret stuff!! Historical photos of the early Soviet atomic bomb project. The color photo at the top is from 1999 and shows some of the great-brave-patriotic comrades who thought up and put together Russia's atomic bombs. The old photos are supposed to be the test stand for the first detonation and a 'weaponized' version that could be air-dropped. I'm not sure what to make of the older photos!? The idea of billions of rubles being poured into an ultimate scientific achievement that winds up sitting on a crude wooden stand in the middle of the woods...? Stern worker-peasant standing next to oil-stained 'bombski' ...? Is this a joke? An attempt at dis-information? Or, is reality stranger than fiction and the CIA guys were rolling in the aisles? The basics are correct. Hmmm... Well, many of the photos of America's first test in 1945 in New Mexico look like a bunch of scrawny college kids lost on a dude-ranch. The 1999 photo? Heck- it's a bunch of kindly old Grand-pa's! all images- Right click- open in New Window= super colossal size!
... as we all know - the first guys out of the Shelter always get eaten by Giant Mutant Cockroaches... or Zombies! all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
... as we all know - the first guys out of the Shelter always get eaten by Giant Mutant Cockroaches... or Zombies! all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
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... originally made in 1968 ( I knew it seemed older than '70 !) 'Colossus: The Forbin Project' is a science fiction -political thriller about a giant computer that is given complete control of US nuclear forces. Great idea- what could go wrong? ( Doesn't it seem like a lot of these thrillers are made in a fictional world where no one has ever read, or even heard of, basic cliched science fiction plots?) For me the best scenes are in the beginning when the giant machine (back in the day when BIG computers meant smart computers) is turned on and sealed away in a Cheyenne Mountain type complex. Unmanned, unable to be shut-down, shielded by glowing gamma radiation. I repeat- what could possibly go wrong? all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
... as we all know - the first guys out of the Shelter always get eaten by Giant Mutant Cockroaches... or Zombies! all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
The power to control Antimatter, a material composed of antiparticles. This is an incredibly destructive power, as collisions between particles and antiparticles leads to the annihilation of both, ignoring durability in the process and causing an explosive release of energy capable of eclipsing a nuclear bomb with only a small amount of antimatter. Anti-Monitor (DC Comics)
From the late 1940's through the 1950's, in a world where space travel and nuclear annihilation were no longer merely the stuff of fantasy, science fiction began to achieve a new popularity. And, the work of noted genre writers began to be adapted in movies and radio programs. Based (however implausibly) on science, these radio broadcasts reflected the depths of the nation's fears, and the boundlessness of its imagination.The science fiction series presented here - including X Minus One, 2000 Plus, and Exploring Tomorrow - offer adventures that seek to find a place for humanity in a world of machines, weighing the value of life and beauty against automated convenience and cold efficiency. The mission of science fiction is more than an exploration of space and time. It is also an exploration of man's values…of who we are, and who we want to be.This 10-hour collection includes 22 digitally remastered and restored atom age episodes.Episodes Include: X Minus One: The Cave of Night 02-01-56, C-Chute 02-08-56, The Lifeboat Mutiny 09-11-56, Sam, This is You 10-31-56, Honeymoon in Hell 12-26-56, Something for Nothing 04-10-57, The Discovery of Mornial Mathaway 04-17-57, Man's Best Friend 04-24-57; 2000 Plus: The Brooklyn Brain 06-21-50, The Green Thing 09-27-50; Worlds Apart 11-15-50, The Insect 08-15-51; Hall of Fantasy: The Automaton 02-27-53; Exploring Tomorrow: The Adventure of the Beauty Queen 1958, First Baby in Space (a.k.a. Space Baby) 1958; Escape: Conqueror's Isle 01-11-53, North of Polaris 05-17-53; Quiet Please: One for the Book 11-21-48, Very Unimportant Person 12-05-48; Suspense: Report From a Dead Planet 07-10-60, Twenty-Four Sixty-Two 01-21-62, Doom Machine 03-04-62
... the cover illustration shows what looks to be a MIG-15 in the front position. It was an unexpected leap in fighter technology and a nasty surprise for American bomber and fighter pilots during the Korean War. Not only did Russia provide them to their North Korean and Chinese allies but much of the combat was secretly done by Russian pilots.
... it seems that the mysterious 'J' at the front of his name actually stood for Julius. When asked about it he would laugh and tease that it "stood for nothing!" Did he think it sounded too Jewish for a 1940's America and the man in charge of the biggest most expensive government project in history? Or maybe he just didn't like the name Julius? LINK all images - Right Click - Open in New Window or Tab = super size!
... originally made in 1968 ( I knew it seemed older than '70 !) 'Colossus: The Forbin Project' is a science fiction -political thriller about a giant computer that is given complete control of US nuclear forces. Great idea- what could go wrong? ( Doesn't it seem like a lot of these thrillers are made in a fictional world where no one has ever read, or even heard of, basic cliched science fiction plots?) For me the best scenes are in the beginning when the giant machine (back in the day when BIG computers meant smart computers) is turned on and sealed away in a Cheyenne Mountain type complex. Unmanned, unable to be shut-down, shielded by glowing gamma radiation. I repeat- what could possibly go wrong? all images- Right click- open in New Window or Tab = super colossal size!
US Air Force personnel and B-50 Strategic bomber. The shortest air route between the Russia and the US was over the North Pole. A percentage of our atomic strike force was stationed at forward bases in Alaska and Greenland.
...or how I learned to stop worrying and start a Blog
Midcentury Americans lived in perpetual fear of nuclear annihilation from the Commies.
These specially commissioned illustrations are from Pageant magazine’s February, 1951 edition, produced by Alexander Leydenfrost, famous for realistic impressions. The edition took a look at…
This is one game that is really going to mess with your head, it has robots, spacecraft and enemies waiting around every corner, this is the Atomic Heart Annihilation Instinct game it comes with a …
These specially commissioned illustrations are from Pageant magazine’s February, 1951 edition, produced by Alexander Leydenfrost, famous for realistic impressions. The edition took a look at…
Energy shortage? We discuss three ways we can obtain energy from atoms that demonstrate just how vast a supply they possess.
Want your own hidden underground survival bunker? Learn your options for survival shelters to protect against today's disasters.
Slavoj Žižek (referenced here recently) in an interesting – if not entirely convincing – column about mutually assured destruction and nuclear weapons on the inthesetimes site argues th…
... this is a painting by famous science artist Chesley Bonestell of what is supposed to be a Hydrogen Bomb air-burst over New York City. Early H-bombs were all pretty high yield and so this seems, ironically, a little conservative. all images- Right click- open in New Window= super colossal size!
The Cold War scare of nuclear annihilation probably was at its zenith during the 1950s and 60s; however, the threat of mass extinction lingered well into the 80s (anyone remember "The Day After"?). One could also make an argument that we are no less safe today.
Retro. Random. Inspiring. Funny. Crazy. Cool.
