72 years agoThe Transistor and the Computer
1954-06-26
Nuclear Power Plant Online
The Soviet Obninsk plant goes online, the first to feed nuclear power into an electricity grid.
Art style · 1950s Soviet propaganda art
World population
2.71Bpeople
1/3 of today
Primary energy power
3.8×10¹²W
1/5 of today
London → New York message
0.02 seconds
1 times faster than today
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