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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.After 280 millions tubes sold, Trinitron will be officially dead this month. Few Sony inventions have had the same gravitational pull as their Trinitron display technology, perhaps only second to the Walkman. Trinitron became synonym of the best quality TV sets and computer monitors in the planet, despite the thin cables that secured in place its aperture grille. This timeline shows TV history since 1873, how color TV became a reality in the 40s, and how Sony became the king of TV, with more than 100 million sets sold by 1994, to later fall under the weight of plasma and LCD technologies:

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[Wikipedia and Sony Japan]

For other Gizmodo timelines, check:

• Requiem: the Analog Cellphone Timeline
• LEGO Brick Timeline: 50 Years of Building Frenzy and Curiosities
• 100 Years of Tech in the Times Square New Year’s Ball

Original post by Jesus Diaz

Polaroid is closing its last remaining film plants in Mass. so the oh so fun instant Polaroids will soon become a thing of the past. Well it’s already a thing of the past, but this time it’s serious since no more instant film will be produced.

Over the last two years Polaroid has stopped production on the instant cameras and now it’s the film, which will be available till around next year. It was only a matter of time till Polaroid killed off the film since it was obviously a declining / nonexistent profit. So for all those Polaroid users out there, were sorry, looks like you’ll only have another year left to take random pictures at house parties. [Washington Post]

Original post by Christopher Mascari

The first signs of HD DVD ultimate demise may be coming from the UK on March 10. After the news on Universal and Paramount abandoning the exclusive HD DVD deal, it seems that Amazon UK is listing three Paramount Blu-ray titles with that definitive release date: Trading Places, Coming to America and Anchorman. Could this be an error on Amazon’s part or just a sign of things to come? [Format War Central]

Original post by Jesus Diaz

Among the robots Japan’s been making to help their elderly population, this body remover is probably the scariest. Sure, the Gundam maid robot looks mean when serving you tea, but does it remove dead bodies? We don’t think so.

And seriously, does is their population really dying at such a rate that Japan needs robots to clear dead bodies? And do they need them to pick up dormant bodies too?! Imagine the looks on those vagrants faces when they realize they’re being shoved into a dark box with the recently and soon-to-be deceased.

It was first demonstrated about 13 years ago, so we hope it has the dead/not-quite-dead distinction nailed by now. – Jason Chen

Unmanned rescue robot [via Tokyo Times]

Original post by Outblush

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Not too long after MobileESPN breathed new life, now we’ve got the unfortunate duty of informing the world that Microsoft finally axed the most annoying aspect of Office has decided to leave “Clippy” behind in Office 2007. We suspected something was brewing when the iconic figure started donning a 3D skirt in Japan, but a brief interview with Office’s group program manager revealed that the clip is indeed dead. While it had been fading for awhile due to an apparent lack of mass fanfare, and was even turned off by default in Office 2003, it seems that Clippy fans will be forced to stick with now-antiquated versions of the Office suite in order to keep their darling on screen. But don’t fret too much, as the countdown until someone crafts a freeware app re-instilling a Clippy rendition into Office begins… now.

[Via ChipChick]

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Original post by Darren Murph