Technology
Knots For Restraint
Another entry in WU's eternal quest for the most boring documentary/instructional video ever.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 13, 2023 -
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Category: Boredom, PSA’s, Technology, Twentieth Century
What will the telephone be like when I grow up?
Perhaps some day in the future you may just speak the number into the transmitter and get your party automatically.
The introduction of universal direct dialing was a pretty safe guess in 1953, since direct dialing had, by then, already been introduced in some places.
It's more impressive that the ad writers also successfully predicted the introduction of voice recognition technology.
Life - May 18, 1953
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 11, 2023 -
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Category: Technology, Telephones, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Mystery Gadget 106
What are these objects? What are they used for? HINT: something playful.The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 21, 2023 -
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Category: Technology
The 3-D Film Archive
The whole brief fad of 3-D movies was a very weird moment in cinematic history. Luckily for us, there's a man and a site that works to preserve and sell such films. Make a visit to THE 3-D FILM ARCHIVE. Lots of fascinating history there.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 01, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Movies, Technology, 1950s
Miss Juke Box
Although not an actual contest or beauty queen title--instead, it was a motif in a song--the notion of a Queen of the Juke Boxes was illustrated to perfection, including props and record-based body language, by properly costumed Margot Hielscher.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 31, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Music, Technology, 1950s, Europe
Pete Drake’s “Forever”
What is the weird device used by the guitarist? Let his Wikipedia page explain:You play the notes on the guitar and it goes through the amplifier. I have a driver system so that you disconnect the speakers and the sound goes through the driver into a plastic tube. You put the tube in the side of your mouth then form the words with your mouth as you play them. You don't actually say a word: The guitar is your vocal cords, and your mouth is the amplifier. It's amplified by a microphone.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 26, 2023 -
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Category: Aliens, Music, Technology, Adaptations, Reworkings, Recastings and New Versions, 1960s
Jizai Arms
"Doc Ock" becomes a reality. Although it's unclear to me how one would control these arms or if they're functional at all. Brief explanation from the creator's website:
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 25, 2023 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Cinejukebox
The Wikipedia page.A very good article here, with great pictures.
A list of films in this format.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 25, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1950s, 1960s
The Dog Factory
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 13, 2023 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Dogs, 1900s
Opti-onics, the Technology of the Future
I suppose this came true, if you can say your phone and tablet use something vaguely similar to Opti-onics!Go to source to enlarge the text for reading.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 07, 2023 -
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Category: Technology, Computers, 1940s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
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