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1. Kim Stanley Robinson Built a Moon Base in His Mind

   To write his new novel, Red Moon, the sci-fi author became an expert on lunar colony tech

2. You Don’t Need Sight to Read These Electronic Schematics

   Lauren Race has refined circuit symbols for use in tactile diagrams

3. Build a Retro Timekeeper That Never Was

   Celebrate the first moon landing with a GPS clock that uses Apollo-era panel meters

4. Rediscovering the Remarkable Engineers Behind Olivetti’s ELEA 9003

   A new graphic novel explores the forgotten history of the ELEA 9003, one of the first transistorized digital computers

5. Project Diana Honored With an IEEE Milestone

   The demonstration prompted the United States to enter the race to space