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Yes/No

Coma patient on Law & Order: Criminal Intent “answering” questions with electrodes and signs.

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Diagrams from “Specification And Prelimary Design Of An Array Processor”

Fantastic diagrams from “Specification And Prelimary Design Of An Array Processor” by D.L. Slotnick and Marvin Graham, a 1975 paper describing what would have been a $10 million computer (in today’s dollars).  Below is a selection of my favorites, mostly the most abstract and wonderfully geometric ones (diagrams whose function, I admit, I mostly have no clue about).  Lots more after the break (and in the full PDF).

Via: Hackaday, download the 250+ page PDF here

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Computers on Law & Order – Part 5

Software “sketch artist” rendering a suspect’s face (season 6, episode 13, 47:39″)

Database at Child Protective Services (season 6, episode 14, 09:11″)

Turned-off computer on the desk of a private investigator (season 6, episode 17, 07:29″)

Computer in the background of Lt. VanBuren’s office (season 6, episode 14, 02:28″)

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Computers on Law & Order – Part 4

Screensaver in the background (season 6, episode 11, 06:47″)

Word processor in an attorney’s office (season 6, episode 12, 27:24″)

Computer at the “Center for Handwriting Analysis” (season 6, episode 12, 32:36″)