The inimitable voice of Tom Selleck, predicting the future from 1993. 20 years later, the crystal-ball gazers got it right… just the wrong company.
I must truly merit my AARP card… 1993 seems like just yesterday to me.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Category Archives: Retro Technology
The Electric Dog – 1923
Just about as useful as a pet rock, I imagine. Still, interesting to see where people’s minds were going.
Practical Electrics, September 1923
The Old Wolf has spoken.
The Ford Typewriter, 1895
Digital Clock, Exploded
A lot more complex than your basic rotary phone.
This kind of clock always makes me think of “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray, where it was put to impressive and heroic use.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
The Canon P, 1959
Telephone, exploded
Caller: “Operator, why can’t I speak to the zoo?”
Operator: “Because the lion is busy…”
The Old Wolf has spoken.
The World’s First Wireless Phone
Eve’s Wireless, from the Pathe Vaults.
Technology, 50’s style
Woman operating a card puncher, ca. 1950
This is a card puncher, an integral part of the tabulation system used by the United States Census Bureau to compile the thousands of facts gathered by the Bureau. Holes are punched in the card according to a prearranged code transferring the facts from the census questionaire into statistics.
Found at the National Archives
If my experience as a NRFU enumerator for the 2010 census was any indication, they probably are still using a few of these in back rooms somewhere…
Playing in the World Game 