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TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 hours ago

The "Globus" navigation computer for early Soviet spaceflights had a little 5-inch globe inside

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The "Globus" navigation computer for early Soviet spaceflights had a little 5-inch globe inside

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TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 hours ago
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https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html

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    wish cars had these instead of touchscreens

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    naming a navigation computer after a brand of mayonnaise? ahh, those wacky soviets

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    so awesome

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    one of these became sentient in the Golan Heights in 1976, and wound up producing dozens of low-budget films during the 80s and 90s. you may have heard of the Golan Globus

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