This one seems to work in HR and is not pleased.

These were posted in 2023-12-20 and 2024-05-31:

Edit: YouTube

According to the actual article the samples acquired and packed before takeoff, and tested after landing. Having them extracted during parabolic maneuver… is due to another (Ig Nobel candidate) research.

“we have cats cuts at home”

SID was the Commodore 64 sound generator chip. While rest of that era personal computers and game console could just do fancy beeps at most, SID had a programmable synthesizer.

Every few months there is a similar such story about this ancient marvel of technology and the people remotely maintaining it against all odds.

I can imagine a headline 100 years from now:

“Engineers are modifying Voyager 1 decorative panel bolt into a functional interstellar communicator”

* Some parts are now sanctioned and cannot be distributed at the moment

To get rid of competition and control the economy.

MEN!