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Feds want you to identify their mystery steampunk tech collection

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a a problem: their antique technology collection includes a bunch of vintage gear that they don’t know a much about, so they want the public to tell them what they’ve got.

via Dvice

Help identify artifacts here.

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Image: National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Collections, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

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