Soviet particle accelerator control panel, 1968

Cory Doctorow at 12:14 pm Thu, Nov 14, 2013 • 18 •

Back in 2009, Dark Roasted Blend rounded up a truly wonderful gallery of ancient, hulking computers, called The Cutting Edge of Retro Tech . Given that retro-tech only gets finer with age, it's fitting to link to it now, especially given this magnificent beast, identified as the 1968 Control Center of the JINR's (Joint Institute of Nuclear Research) synchrophasotron in Dubna, Russia. Hotcha, that is some sweet-ass control panel design

Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits. Between reversing trucks.

Rob Beschizza at 12:18 pm Thu, Nov 14, 2013 • 48 •

It's a TV ad for Volvo trucks; a clever way to demonstrate the vehicles' precise computer-aided steering.