Technology
The Good Old Days of Electronics
Sure, it's only 25 inches on the diagonal, with the resolution of an Etch-a-sketch. But look at that wood cabinet!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 03, 2014 -
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Category: Money, Technology, Television, 1970s
Operation Ranger and Operation Buster-Jangle
What a crazy old world that was. "Mutually Assured Destruction." But we just thought it was normal at the time.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 22, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Dreams and Nightmares, Science, Technology, War, Armed Forces, Weapons, Documentaries, 1950s
1920s Anti-Forgery Pen
To read the text better, visit original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 21, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Technology, 1920s
The Zimphone
When telephones were the cutting-edge of technology, cheap knockoffs arose. This Radio-Shack-style wired intercom sought to cash in on Ma Bell's high standards. Imagine stringing one mile of wire from your house to your friend's home through the neighborhood.
There are several sets for sale on eBay as I post.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 16, 2014 -
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Category: Communications, Imitations, Forgeries, Rip-offs and Faux, Technology, 1950s
The God Helmet
Wikipedia info here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 04, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions, Religion, Technology, Brain
The Pig Swing
Alas, today's factory farming of pork precludes such luxury treatment.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Technology, 1960s
Mystery Gadget 20
Taking into account the presence of a wired-up conch shell, please explain what this gadget from the 1920s does.
Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 16, 2014 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
Slideshow, 1957-style
The camera: $26.75 in 1957 = $222.68 in 2014
The projector: $64.50 in 1957 = $536.92 in 2014
Total costs to take pictures and display them for others to admire: $759.60
16GB iPhone, no contract: $649.00
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 09, 2014 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Technology, 1950s
Smoke Messages
This iPhone add-on, created by Dennis Be Bel, allows two people to send each other smoke messages. It's called the Smoke Messaging Service, or SMS. But the two have two agree in advance on what the smoke signals mean. [via likecool]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 24, 2014 -
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Category: Technology, Telephones
Vox Wah-Wah Pedal Commercial
"You can even make your guitar sound like a sitar!"
The history.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 18, 2014 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1960s
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