Technology
Superman Invents 3-D Printing!
From 1964! Click the right-hand image to enlarge.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 03, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, Comics, Superheroes, 1960s
Microworld
A 1976 industrial film made for AT&T, narrated by William Shatner.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 29, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, 1970s
The iTray
Waitering goes high-tech. Somehow I don't think this will be widely adopted.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 10, 2013 -
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Category: Restaurants, Technology
Office Machine Symphony
Full explanation here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 27, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Electric Skateboards & Solowheel
Okay, so we don't have our Back to the Future hoverboards yet. But maybe we can settle for these.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 04, 2013 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Technology
The Next Big Thing: 4K
4K television with 8.8 million pixels per frame is the newest high resolution advance. But before anyone runs out there to plunk down big $ for it think of this, the tech is there but the flesh is weak. We all can only see as well as our eyes can function, so is it worth all that money really. Just a thought.
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 04, 2013 -
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Category: Technology
Odyssey Videogame Machine
I love the overlay that goes on the screen.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 02, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, Television, 1970s, Videogames and Gamers
German Mousetrap Museum
"This Museum was established in 1990 by the Heimatverein Neroth in the old School House to celebrate the mouse trap making cottage industry that had flourished in Neroth and nearby villages for over one hundred years."
Their German-language homepage.
And as a bonus, here is an incredible collection of mousetrap history books in PDF form.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 01, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Museums, Technology, Rube Goldberg Devices, Europe
Mystery Artifact
Maybe the combined brainpower of WU can solve this mystery.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2013 -
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Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Regionalism, Technology, Archaeology
Mystery Gadget 17
I've had to obscure some clues, but maybe you can still guess the purpose of this hi-tech gizmo from 1972.
If not, the answer is here. Just scroll down a bit at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 08, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, 1970s
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