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Earlier this month there were two anniversaries connected with space exploration.

November 20^th 1998 saw the launch of the first module of the International Space Station (ISS). In space it looked as shown above.

Now, 10 years later, with a large number of additional parts and equipment the ISS is much bigger and can be seen in the picture below. You can still make out the original, Russian-made, Zarya module at the heart of the structure.

Universe Today has a nice article about the ISS and NASA has a gallery of pictures amongst the other ISS offerings at its site.

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Earlier this month there were two anniversaries connected with space exploration.

November 9^th 1967 saw the first launch of the mighty Saturn V rocket which, amongst other things, carried the various Apollo missions. It was the largest of its kind back then and even now, 41 years later, still is.

Read more here at Gizmodo's Retromodo blog.

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Gizmodo has a nice article about the various techniques available for allowing us to see 3D images and video.

It works its way from the simple 3D glasses with their red and blue filters to current ideas on 3D screens and plasma holography.

Just noticed at the weekend .....
Another Giz article - this time about the many types of video formats.

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The site features information about companies, careers and people involved in a host of different areas.

There are also competitions - the current one has the prize of a weeks work experience at ITV and laptop too. (There are several runner-up prizes too.)

Katherine Gleave (shown above) is one of the featured individuals. She is a Multimedia Designer who says that the benefits of her job are :

• Flexible hours (part-time roles are available if required).
• Social environment.
• Big growth industry inline with the online success!
• Good pay with great career prospects if you can prove you are good at your job and gain a few blue chip / creatively stylish websites under your belt.

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To complete the week we have a link to an article that shows a homemade electronic drum synth and drum-set. The blog has a video where the guy shows the set off and there's a link to another video of him actually playing it.

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This article shows a guy making a sword - with patterns on the handle and blade - from the original hot block of metal. Fascinating.

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An interesting article that shows how to extract pictures that can be found in a few music tracks. You can even try creating your own if you search out the software they mention.

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You can visit the Android Marketplace here or you can have a look at a T3 article which lists - still in their opinion - the top 10 upcoming Android apps.

Want more? Try this Google search.

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Today, to followup the posts made before half-term we take a brief look at 'Apps' on the iPhone.

You can visit the Apple iTunes store here or you can have a look at a T3 article which lists - in their opinion - the 10 best iPhone apps.

Want more? Try this Google search.

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