Technology
Mystery Gadget 50
Purpose of this device revealed here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 26, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
The Eager Beaver Truck
Article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 21, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1950s, Armed Forces, Trucks
Cosmetic Frame for Bent Legs
The vanished horrors of the past.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 15, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical
The Gro-Clock
Thanks god I'm not a parent! Not only the headaches, but the expense! $54.99!
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 27, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, Babies and Toddlers
Mystery Gadget 48
What's going on here?
Answer at the link (scroll down).
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
5 Films About Technology
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 01, 2017 -
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Category: Movies, Technology
The Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Pre-digital, this device worked by striking steel reeds.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 30, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1950s
Mystery Gadget 47
What is going on here? Find out at this link.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 17, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
Mystery Gadget 46
This machine produces what now?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 07, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s
The Vidifont Titling Device
How did TV put a caption on the screen in the Sixties?Graphics, including all title graphics (i.e. "President Lyndon B. Johnson” or "Walter Cronkite”) were set in type or drawn by graphic artists. The graphic was photographed using 35-mm film, the film developed, and a 35-mm slide generated. The time to generate a slide exceeded one hour. The slide, when used, was placed in a special projector, scanned by a television camera, and keyed into the studio video feed. This method was known as ‘Superimposition’. Since the news department had to be prepared to identify any speaker who might appear before the cameras during the convention, Bass was faced with creating in excess of 4000 slides in advance for each convention. If an individual who was not a delegate or an alternate was called upon to give a seconding speech or to participate in an interview, a title slide probably would not be available. Bass was seeking an instantaneous, graphics-quality titling capability solution to the problem. The goal was to produce graphics that could be transparently mixed with artwork created using traditional methods.
Imagine then the delight when the Vidifont device was invented.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, Television, 1960s, 1970s
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