Technology
Mystery Gadget 69
What's it for? There's a clue in its surroundings.
The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 03, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, 1950s
The Moniac
Created by William Phillips in the 1940s, the Moniac was a device that used water flowing through pipes to simulate how money moves around within the economy. From the NY Times:More info: wikipedia
The Sedalia Democrat - Dec 23, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 20, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, Computers, 1940s
Mystery Gadget 68
What is this hook used for?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 17, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, 1930s
The television set that shattered things
Back in 1960, Brian Eppley of Gaffney, South Carolina became convinced that "frequency waves emitting from his television receiver" were causing objects around his house to shatter.The broken objects included: a vase, serving tray, ash tray, sea shell, and a glass of milk held by his wife.
Eppley also complained that watching the TV would cause him to get a headache because of the "pressure, beyond the area of hearing, from these waves."
Could the Eppley's TV set be an example of resistentialism? (See Paul give a talk about resistentialism in this post from 2013).
The Greenville News - May 15, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 13, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s
The Wonderful World of Chemistry
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 04, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Products, Technology, 1960s
The Spilhaus Space Clock
This clock gives info on 19 different variables.For complete info, visit here.
The inventor's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2018 -
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Category: Nature, Science, Technology, 1960s, 1970s
Expando-Vision
Introduced in 1983 by Stimutech. It was a device that could flash subliminal messages on your TV screen as you watched TV. The maker emphasized the ways this could be put to use for self-help (weight-loss, stop smoking, stop drinking, etc.). But they did sell a "Sexual Invitation" program that surreptitiously flashed messages of seduction: "Sex is OK, Let us make love, I am OK, We share sexually, Let us kiss, Let us caress, Let us be naked, We explore bodies, Let us be together.”
John Dvorak, InfoWorld - Dec 26, 1983
Lansing State Journal - Dec 4, 1983
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 19, 2018 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Technology, Psychology, 1980s
Smalt
It was intended to be a hi-tech salt shaker that could play music, had mood lights, and could sync with Amazon’s Alexa, while also dispensing salt in measured amounts. Plus it would track your salt intake. Its creators were looking for $25,000 in crowdfunding to start production, but only raised $9426.More info: indiegogo
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 16, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology
Compliment Mirror
A new, weird invention from Japan. A mirror that compliments you. More info from JapanTrends.com:This reminds me of the Digital Wife I posted about recently. Seems like another device aimed at the large number of Japanese people who seem to live alone.
The company website
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 12, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Love & Romance
Miss Printer’s Devil 1953
Miss Printer's Devil. Joanne Sullivan, Harbor Jr. College's 'Miss Printer's Devil' will reign over College's First Annual Printer's banquet and ball tonight (Friday). She is shown puzzling out words in galley in school's print shop. Joanne Sullivan (see above) is being shown how to press keys of Linotype by Ronnie Wilson, 18, printer major, who is studying to be a print shop teacher. Linotype requires exact touch to prevent pie (?) of type fonts."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 04, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Newspapers, Technology, 1950s
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