In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
The Sojourner rover is shown on the surface of Mars just after leaving the Mars Pathfinder Saturday, July 5, 1997 in this image from NASA NASA/File
Wilbur Wright watches his brother, Orville, take to the air at Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903.
Office designers for iCommunicate, an Internet firm in Alexandria, Va., used variations in lighting to separate programmers' personal workspaces and to create optimal conditions for computer use. Andy Nelson / The Christian Science Monitor.
Inventor Dean Kamen demonstrates his Segway Human Transporter, a one-person, battery-powered scooter, Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, in New York. The device, which travels at a top speed of about 17 miles per hour, uses gyroscopes to keep it upright and discern where the rider wants to go. Louis Lanzano/AP/File
Canned air reveals the path of a green fiber laser beam in production at IPG Photonics headquarters in Oxford, MA, Jan. 2010. IPG Photonics has pioneered the development of fiber lasers used by manufacturers to drill, cut and weld metal parts. They have become the dominant player in the two billion dollar a year laser market industry.
The Garmin Approach G5 golf GPS device is displayed on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Atlanta. The Approach G5 comes with thousands of preloaded golf course maps and uses its internal GPS to give golfers their position and yardage in relation to various course features. Ron Harris/AP/File
Two Taiwanese models demonstrate their LED light clothing during a photonics festival in Taipei June 2007. Some 655 booths including the light emitting diode (LED) lighting, solar power and panel makers are here to take part in this four-day annual exhibition.
Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton. Wood engraving 1865. Newscom/File
Alexander Graham Bell, an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. (1847-1922) Newscom/File
Thomas A. Edison, seated beside a phonograph on March 19, 1921. Newscom/File
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
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