Technology
Mystery Gadget 48
What's going on here?
Answer at the link (scroll down).
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
5 Films About Technology
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 01, 2017 -
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Category: Movies, Technology
The Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Pre-digital, this device worked by striking steel reeds.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 30, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1950s
Mystery Gadget 47
What is going on here? Find out at this link.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 17, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
Mystery Gadget 46
This machine produces what now?
The answer is here.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 07, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s
The Vidifont Titling Device
How did TV put a caption on the screen in the Sixties?Graphics, including all title graphics (i.e. "President Lyndon B. Johnson” or "Walter Cronkite”) were set in type or drawn by graphic artists. The graphic was photographed using 35-mm film, the film developed, and a 35-mm slide generated. The time to generate a slide exceeded one hour. The slide, when used, was placed in a special projector, scanned by a television camera, and keyed into the studio video feed. This method was known as ‘Superimposition’. Since the news department had to be prepared to identify any speaker who might appear before the cameras during the convention, Bass was faced with creating in excess of 4000 slides in advance for each convention. If an individual who was not a delegate or an alternate was called upon to give a seconding speech or to participate in an interview, a title slide probably would not be available. Bass was seeking an instantaneous, graphics-quality titling capability solution to the problem. The goal was to produce graphics that could be transparently mixed with artwork created using traditional methods.
Imagine then the delight when the Vidifont device was invented.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, Television, 1960s, 1970s
Mystery Gadget 45
Why is this man inside a steel cylinder?
The answer is here.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 21, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1900s
Mystery Gadget 44
This machine is packing something. What?
The answer is here.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 06, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Mystery Gadget 43
What machine requires such weird protective gear?
The answer is here.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 23, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1940s
The Dobson Air Dart
I wonder if any plans still exist, to allow someone to build this craft today.
Original ad here.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 03, 2017 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Motor Vehicles, Technology, 1960s
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