Technology
The Teppaz Transistradio
Besides having an unpronounceable name and being ugly, this French radio-turntable looks like very kludgy tech.The entry at the Radio Museum.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 08, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Radio, Technology, 1960s, Europe
World’s Largest Collection of 8-Track Tapes
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 09, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Kitsch and Collectibles, Music, Technology
The Prayer
Text by Enrico Santus. More info: Diemut Strebe
Diemut Strebe has made a previous appearance on WU:
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 25, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Follies of the Madmen #533
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 22, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Technology, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Null-A Synthesizers
Synthesizers employing chaos patterns to produce very weird sounds.Purchase yours at their home page. There you will find many more sound samples like the ones below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 13, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Nipper Runs Amok!
Harder than you might imagine to get Nipper to respond correctly to His Master's Voice.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 08, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, Advertising, Dogs, 1900s
Mystery Gadget 101
What's it for?
The answer is here.
or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 14, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, Eighteenth Century
CHANGE RETURN
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 05, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Technology, Poor People, Poverty, Proles, and the Underclass, Science Fiction, Cartoons
Kawasaki Robot Goat
Kawasaki recently unveiled its new robotic goat at the 2022 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. I kept waiting for the thing to move faster than at a snail's pace, and it never did.More info: electrek.co
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 31, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Rocket-Powered Iceboat
Before we leave winter behind entirely, let us ponder this refinement of a cold-weather recreation.
This company had a rich and fascinating aeronautical history which you can read at the link. But surely we afficionados of the weird will want to honor them for creating a rocket-propelled iceboat.
Rocket iceboat can do 250 miles per hour A rocket-propelled iceboat capable of a speed of 250 miles an hour on smooth ice has been designed by Reaction Motors , Inc of America , and tested on frozen Lake Hopatcong New Jersey . The boat weighs 1,648 pounds. Photo shows: The iceboat streaking over Lake Hopatcong piloted by Puck Wellington. It was travelling at 95 miles an hour , rough ice and snow patches made higher speeds dangerous . 7 March 1947
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 17, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1940s, Outrageous Excess
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