Technology
Miniature Menagerie
A portrait of the once-proud USA squeaky-toy industry in its glory days, before Asia kicked our squeaky butt.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 26, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Technology, Toys, 1950s
XM42 Flamethrower
Purchase yours here.
A tip of the propeller beanie to Charles Stross.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 21, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Hobbies and DIY, Technology
World’s Biggest Cuckoo Clock
Schonach, Germany, is the heart and homeland of the cuckoo-clock industry. Two houses in fact have been transformed into giant cuckoo clocks to commemorate this.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Kitsch and Collectibles, Technology, Europe, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Jet-Propelled Papa
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 09, 2015 -
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Category: Music, Technology, Science Fiction, 1940s
Your face on a pancake
Technology marches onward! Product development company Kinneir Dufort has created a machine that can print faces onto pancakes. It explains:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 23, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Inventions, Photography and Photographers, Technology
Amazing Magic Disc Electrocutes User In Seconds!
I don't care how well this gadget is designed and engineered: I am not plugging it into the wall socket then dropping it in my bath water!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 07, 2015 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Death, Technology, 1930s
Automatic Telephone Dialer
So this gadget stored a few phone numbers and allowed the convenience of one-button dialing. Would such functionality have been worth $360.00 even in 1978?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 02, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, Telephones, 1970s
Mystery Gadget 25
What does this machine do?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 24, 2014 -
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Category: Technology, 1930s
Mystery Gadget 24
What's up with this fellow?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 13, 2014 -
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Category: Technology, 1940s
Dog Factory
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 16, 2014 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Dogs, 1900s
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