The Father of Video Games Dies at 92

Ralph H Baer, “The Father of Video Games,” died on Saturday, 6 December 2014. Baer held various positions within the realm of electronics engineering before coming up with the idea of a home television-based gaming system while sitting at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. He is widely known as the man who sparked the booming $90 billion gaming industry with his invention, “The …

Web Design History in 9 GIFs

Evolving just as rapidly as the internet itself, web design has undergone numerous transformations ever since its earliest frameworks. From Flash to CSS to Javascript and beyond, it’s difficult for those who aren’t computer-science savvy to understand what exactly is powering the way we interact with our most beloved websites. In just nine beautifully executed GIFs, SF-based software company FROONT offers the entirety of web …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

NASA launches Orion, Peter Marino gets real about retail, touchable holograms and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Eco-Friendly Air Conditioning A new material developed by Stanford University’s Dr Aaswath Raman is potentially going to revolutionize the way we keep cool. Made from ultra-thin layers of silicon dioxide, hafnium dioxide and silver (for reflectivity), the new material is able to radiate as much as 97% of sunlight back into the frigid vastness of outer-space while still remaining cool itself. When tested, a …