Just a quick reminder that our 2001: A Space Odyssey Computer Art is now available for those of you with a Mac!
Note: Compatible with Mac OSX 10.12 Sierra and earlier.
Click here to check it out!
​2001 Computer Art **NOW INCLUDES MAC COMPATIBLE DOWNLOAD**

Ever wish upon a shooting star? If not, Saturday night into Sunday morning you will have the chance to wish on your very own, as the Lyrid meteor shower graces the skies above the United States.
At its peak, up to 20 meteors per hour will spark across the heavens overnight Saturday into Sunday. Though the best viewing will be around 2 a.m. local time Sunday, sporadic shooting stars can be seen anytime it is dark.
Read more here:  
www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/04/20/the-lyrid-meteor-shower-peaks-saturday-night-viewing-tips/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.992c64ced96f

Before rumors get started , we don't have a license for Jurassic World, but later this year we will be offering our Smithsonian licensed line of cool dino fossils (other fossils as well), archaeological and aerospace replicas!
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SPACE IS COOL!.
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The full moon on Wednesday, April 20, will not be green, despite several hoax reports making their way through social media.
Maybe you noticed the incorrect day and date relationship in that first sentence. It's not a mistake. In 2016, when we first debunked the green-moon social-media hoax, April 20 was a Wednesday.
This year, April 20 is a Friday. That's different, but just as in 2016, there will not be a green moon on April 20, 2018.
Also, as in 2016, those social-media sharers have missed the fact that the full moon this month is April 30, a Monday.
Bottom line: No green full moon on April 20, this year or anywhere.
Read more here:
http://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2018/04/green_moon_on_april_20_here_ar.html
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(The image below is a digitally tinted NASA photo)

Christopher Nolan presents the definitive edition of Kurbrick's masterpiece.
"This is the unrestored film - that recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced fifty years ago," says Christopher Nolan about the new restoration.
Read more here:
​http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/2001-a-space-odyssey-unrestored-70mm-trailer-christopher-nolan-1201955137/
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An igloo-looking habitat sits on a volcano’s rocky soil. Six astronauts have been living there isolated for months, doing geologic field work. It takes around twenty minutes for any message to travel between the habitat and Earth.
Except the habitat is on Earth—it’s the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), sitting 8,200 feet above the sea on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano. NASA and the University of Hawai’i built the habitat in order to simulate what a long-term mission to Mars might be like. A new podcast from Gimlet called The Habitat will cover one team’s year-long journey into HI-SEAS as they work together and get to know one another.
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/relive-these-scientists-year-inside-a-simulated-mars-on-1825320909

You too can check out what it's like on Mars with our Olympus Mon Space Terrain!
Mars - Olympus Mons Limited Edition
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“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
Even if you’ve never seen the movie, you know the voice.
HAL 9000, the seemingly omniscient computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” was the film’s most expressive and emotional figure, and made a lasting impression on our collective imagination.
Stanley Kubrick’s epic, a journey from pre-human history to a possible infinity that doesn’t need humans at all, is probably the most respected, if not the most beloved, science-fiction film of all time.
Read more here:
mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/movies/hal-2001-a-space-odyssey-voice-douglas-rain.html

Great piece on 2001: A Space Odyssey from CBS.
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The Mini-Hals are in full production for a May delivery!  We thought you might like to see some early production stage pics from the factory so here they are.  Our goal is to always keep you informed on how our products/your orders are progressing.  We will be posting final product pics soon so stay tuned! 
If you would like to place an order, you can do so here:
HAL Mini USB 3.0 Flash 32GB