Caption CERN Contest Week 18

Week 18: 6/3/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/10/2015

CERN is no stranger to innovative display systems. It should be no surprise, considering CERN staff are trying to work with massive amounts of data collected by thousands of scientists. Here we see one of those systems, a projection table of some sort.

Today video projectors are relatively cheap and easy to make, thanks to advances in LCD and MEMS technology. Back when this image was shot in 1979 though, video projectors were expensive and rare commodities. What was this scientist doing?

You tell us!

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Marsfan wrote 06/20/2015 at 18:48

CONTROLLER
General, there's a fleet of Star
Destroyers coming out of hyperspace
in sector four.

RIEEKAN
Reroute all power to the energy
shield. We've got to hold them till
all transports are away. Prepare
for ground assault.

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asdtemp wrote 06/19/2015 at 23:50

Scientists attempt the first industrial use of the Spirograph.

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K.C. Lee wrote 06/10/2015 at 21:53

'If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?' - Albert Einstein

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K.C. Lee wrote 06/10/2015 at 21:49

Who in the hell to do a GUI design to do white logos without text on a white object in a white backdrop? Whatever happened to those old 3D looks and drop shadows? Whatever happened to usability? You guys are so fired!

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louisthetech1952 wrote 06/10/2015 at 21:04

I can't believe what I am seeing. O no where did it go.

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Christian Restifo wrote 06/10/2015 at 16:56

Stacey (playing interstellar Battleship): "D.......7"
<20 years later for round trip message>
Thxxrvunbgt: "...MISS!"

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Egar wrote 06/10/2015 at 16:35

"For the love of the force, designing the Death Star in Sketchup will be the end of me. Why won't this guideline appear where I want it to?!"

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DainBramage wrote 06/10/2015 at 04:20

Katherine stared at the blank sheet in front of her and gradually geometric shapes began to resolve and become visible against the white background. Slowly the answer came to her: "I've got to stop adding bath salts to my coffee," she thought.

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K.C. Lee wrote 06/09/2015 at 17:54

Theoretical physicists will often reduce a problem to the simplest form - a spherical object. Fashion design for the spherical cow is probably one other field that they can work in.

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K.C. Lee wrote 06/09/2015 at 03:55

Fashion designer is working hard on new clothes for Dolly Parton...

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alj5432 wrote 06/08/2015 at 01:21

1979 - Knowing Agent 007 James Bond is so close - it's a tough decision for an Evil Mastermind. Destroy the world now along with Sean Connery at the press of a button or let the series go on for another 35 painful years with substitutes?

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alj5432 wrote 06/08/2015 at 00:33

Deciding between a Higgs Boson and a leftover morning coffee stain
has always been the bane of CERN scientists.

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Lou wrote 06/07/2015 at 21:26

Using the CERN Bio-Magnifier #6 Marie was able to view the micro-universe that existed under her left hand finger nail. She really did control the world with her little finger.

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Steel_9 wrote 06/07/2015 at 21:23

Grace spent weeks trying to find out why the Bosun multiplyer version 6 wouldn't work before discovering that the open door on the central processor let out all the magic smoke

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Steel_9 wrote 06/07/2015 at 21:17

Do you suffer from gas, bloating or constipation? Try the new BM 6, the machine that helps you poop.

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Lou wrote 06/07/2015 at 21:17

Not happy with Wandas latest in a series of failed projects, her team manager named it the "BM 6" but didn't explain that BM meant Bowel Movement.

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rrwells97 wrote 06/07/2015 at 18:14

Early mammography was intimidating, thankfully the machines are much smaller these days, though patients are still required to stand in a most uncomfortable position.

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DainBramage wrote 06/07/2015 at 16:22

This early prototype of the Asteroid arcade game was played using a trackball and keyboard. It wasn't successful due to its size and cost, and was later shrunk down to fit into a standard size arcade cabinet.

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NDX5800 wrote 06/07/2015 at 05:58

Here, Carol poses in her Game Face with her interactive air hockey table. Currently the reigning champion at CERN

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IT-Wizard wrote 06/06/2015 at 17:59

That's a very complicated kitchen stove management. Bring me a sandwich please.

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