June 2nd, 2009

Video: Comcast's 2,100-foot HD video wall

If you’ve ever looked at your Comcast bill and thought, “That seems expensive!”, don’t worry. The company used some of your money it to put the biggest video wall I ever did see inside its corporate headquarters in Philadelphia. And can you really blame a company for using your money to build a giant TV? → Read More

June 2nd, 2009

Video tour of Star Trek: The Exhibition at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute

Jeff Victor of STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, recently showed me around the 12,500-foot Star Trek exhibit at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute. We laughed, we cried, we played a little Dabo. Good times indeed. → Read More

May 31st, 2009

Video: Refractor telescope from 1934 still in use at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute

Derrick Pitts, lead astronomer at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, talks about the telescope used in the Bloom Observatory. The 10-inch refractor telescope has been around since 1934, and was built by Carl Zeiss Jena and shipped over from Germany. → Read More

May 30th, 2009

Star Trek devices that resemble present-day gadgets

The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is currently running a Star Trek exhibit with all sorts of whimsical items from the various TV shows and movies. A few devices, in particular, look mighty familiar to present-day gadgets. → Read More

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