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Douglas E. Welch

Download 10,000 of the First Recordings of Music Ever Made, Courtesy of the University of California-Santa Barbara via Open Culture [Shared]

Long before vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs and MP3s came along, people first experienced audio recordings through another medium — through cylinders made of tin foil, wax and plastic. In recent years, we’ve featured cylinder recordings from the 19th century that allow you to hear the voices of Leo Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Walt Whitman, Otto von Bismarck and other historic figures. Those recordings were originally recorded and played on a cylinder phonograph invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. But those were obviously just a handful of the cylinder recordings produced at the beginning of the recorded sound era.

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/05/16

The image features a vintage Edison Records cylinder and its protective sleeve. The cylinder is cylindrical with a light brown color and a label that reads "EDISON RECORDS WHO ALL OVER THE WORLD." The label is ornate, with decorative elements and text in a serif font. The top of the cylinder is open, revealing a green paper insert with the text "No. 4705 Minstrel Record. Three Minutes with the Minstrels." The insert is partially pulled out, showing the text clearly. Next to the cylinder is a matching protective sleeve, also light brown, with a threaded top, indicating it was designed to fit over the cylinder. The background is black, providing a stark contrast to the objects. Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B
#recording#history#cylinders
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knizer

#bostonWeekend 41/x

Mon #Robots -

#DeanKamen at the MOS

Free with pre-registration.
“A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
#FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

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knizer

the #Fabville makerspace at the #somerville High school is great actually?

Last night at the open house, the #FIRST #robotics team demoed their robot, Plunk, which qualified for the New England district championships. Congrats to the whole team!

Checked out the whole shop, and, importantly, there's a makerspace with a mini woodshop, including a shopbot, plus a bunch of 3d printing and computer driven cutting/plotting devices - at the high school thats just...free? What? I don't have to drive 40 minutes each way to A2?

cambridgeday.com/2025/03/28/th
#SomervilleMA #makerspace #hackerspace #boston

Cambridge Day · The Highlanders, the Somerville robotics team, had a great season heading into championships - Cambridge DayThe Highlanders robotics team in Somerville competes with style and strong technical abilities that have led it to many victories throughout its 10 seasons.
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Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv

*[John the Baptist]*{*& said to him!*“Teacher!*what shall we do?”*& he said to them!*“Collect no more than you are authorized to do!”*Soldiers also asked him!*“*& we?*what shall we do?”*& he said to them!*“Do not extort money from anyone by threats!*or by false accusation!*& be content with your wages!”}👉

#Family#First#Love
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