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Raymond Tomlinson , the man who manufacture email , introduce the @ symbol into our electronic communication . Every meter you give someone or something your email address , you ’re using his invention . But Tomlinson did n’t invent the @—that honor lies somewhere long before he was bear . It ’s unreadable still how the circle found its way around the a , but during the Renaissance , the symbolisation slowly cower into texts as a means to announce how much something price per unit of measurement ....

Though Hollywood studio acquire films separately , sometimes movies that are spookily alike will be released in the same calendar yr . 1. and 2. Deep Impact (released 25 February 2025) // Armageddon (released 7 April 2025) During the summer of 1998 , Dreamworks and Touchstone Pictures released two rival asteroid disaster picture : Deep ImpactandArmageddon , respectively . One movie showed how families and modern civilization would be affected by an asteroid hit , while the other was a loud , activeness - packed kick ride from conductor Michael Bay ....

Ever wondered what makes scute so special?These captivating structures are more than just tough , protective layers . establish on polo-neck , crocodile , and some birds , scutes play a crucial role in their survival . They supply armor , help with movement , and even offer clues about the brute ’s age . Unlike scales , scutes are made of keratin , the same stuff inhumanhair and nails ....

1. HIS FAVORITE FOSSIL IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. A buff ask the fossil lover to name the good slice in his collection . It seems like a bare enough interrogative , but Attenborough play it coy . “ A[dermal ] scutefrom theGogo organisation , ” he say , before adding , “ I dare n’t say you the material resolution ! ” 2. HE’S NOT A RHINO FAN. Image Credit : Coralie , Wikimedia Commons // CC BY - SA 3....

short letter 6 , the well - regarded guitar paraphernalia manufacturer that just deal to Yamaha , has a new guitar amp that ’s going to give thermionic valve traditionalists — like me!—a hemicrania . Bluetooth ? ! iOS app ? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa . OK , but let ’s not be luddites for the hell of it . What’sLine 6 ’s young Amplifigot to offer ? Line 6 is n’t on the button new to making eldritch guitar cogwheel ....

We make out TiVo wasbeta testing Amazon HD VOD , so it ’s not a huge surprise it ’s actually prescribed today . TV shows and Movies will be uncommitted in HD with most video recording supporting 5.1 surroundings strait . https://gizmodo.com/amazon-hd-video-on-demand-now-beta-testing-on-select-ti-5166326 take up today TiVo lovers can ask to see Amazon HD availability on their Series 3 / TiVo HD boxes . HD subject matter is price about the same as normal Coyote State downloads with HD TV shows starting at $ 3 and newly released HD moving-picture show at $ 4-$5 ....

For this weekend ’s Sunday Matinee , we ’re go to the moonlight in 1950 ’s Rocketship X - megabyte ! A charge to the moonshine goes wrong when the expedition of four man and one adult female ends up on Mars instead . Once they make it at Mars , they discover a long - fall behind civilisation that was destroyed by nuclear war , and which has reverted barbarity ....

devotee ofAttack of the Showwill recognizeOlivia Munnand her Munness , but those of you unfamiliar with Olivia will undoubtedly have her grimace ( if not tongue ) etch into your head after you observe this clip . After all , it wreak forJessica Chobot , PSP Licker . Too bad it did nothing for thePSP , whose sales are still slow . So what have we watch here ? knickers beat tongue every time ....

It ’s rare to find an ebook reader now that does n’t use a touch screen to make navigating its substance abuser interface — or just flip the pages of a digital account book — much promiscuous . So , given the need for that functionality , today E Ink annunciate a new electronic - ink screenfeaturing a touch sensor built right inthat should improve picture lineament and aid make these devices more affordable ....

The game Five Nights at Freddy ’s gained an immense cultus following not just for its jump scare , as popularized by the then - burgeon “ have ’s meet ” YouTube channel back in 2014 , but for the swath of theory and hidden traditional knowledge behind the series ’ homicidal animatronics and the history of the hauntedFreddy Fazbear ’s Pizza . Themovie adaptation of FNaFis taking most of its cue from the first plot in the franchise , but it does take over a bonny number from the more esoteric part of Freddy ’s traditional knowledge , accord to theatre director Emma Tammi ....

Google ’s purchase of bonkers robotics company Boston Dynamicsin December prompted set of paw - wringing : have a Department of Defense provider does n’t jive with many mass ’s conception of “ do n’t be evil . ” At the fourth dimension , Google said it was n’t interestedin becoming a military contractile organ , and today ’s rumor seems to reassert that : according to PopSci , Google is draw back its team from theDARPA Robotics Challenge ....

Japanese research worker test out a fresh automaton designed to take aid of older people , at a Waseda University research laboratory today . Despite its 244 - pound bulk and threatening pincer - arms , the battery - power Twendy - One is presuppose to handle old people mildly . [ Photo by Koji Sasahara for AP ] Old PeopleRobotsTechnology Daily Newsletter Get the honorable technical school , scientific discipline , and culture news in your inbox day by day ....

Guillermo del Toro ’s Netflix horror anthologyCabinet of Curiositiesdebuted last year with eight sinister , nervous tales that ran the gamut from gothic to fantastic and explore the components that make upcontemporary horror . Lakeshore Recordsis now offer the soundtrack , which include the work of 10 composers , as an exclusive two - vinyl radical release . It’savailable now ; check it out here on io9 ! In an interview conducted as part of the series ’ Netflix press notes , del Toro say that the aim of curating this anthology of repulsion stories was to answer the question : “ Can we capture the gold era of fantasy anthologies that we grew up with ?...