Giant Videophone, 1964
This post was originally published on this siteThis phone-viewing system gave you a picture of any caller similarly equipped. It could be used on ordinary […]
science & technology
Mechanics Masquerade as Men From Mars, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteNot weird, helmeted men from Mars, but merely airplane mechanics carrying metal propeller-hub protectors were pictured in the […]
Nostalgic Photos of Show the Heyday of LAN Parties From the Late 1990s to the Early 2000s
This post was originally published on this siteA local area network (LAN) party is when people get together in a physical space to connect their […]
When Robert Oppenheimer Met Albert Einstein
This post was originally published on this siteOppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, features a stellar cast and focuses on J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the […]
Historic Industry – Inside the Henry Ford Museum
This post was originally published on this siteThe Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as […]
Motorized Roller Skates From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe self-propelled skates that were produced by the Motorized Roller Skate Company of Detroit, beginning in 1956. The […]
Historical Photos of Igor Sikorsky With His VS-300, the First Successful Helicopter
This post was originally published on this siteThe VS-300 helicopter, created and flown by Russian-American Igor Sikorsky, was first demonstrated on May 24, 1940 in […]
Portable Sound-Detector Units Made for Airplane Spotters, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteA self-contained sound detector, easily carried and operated by one person, makes it possible for individual aircraft spotters […]
Early Pay Per View TV, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s comforting to know that the media industry’s fascination with screwing their customers by telling them how they […]
Australian Device Makes Maps of the Ground It Covers, 1946
This post was originally published on this siteThe odd apparatus here is the Australian “co-graph,” which automatically maps the ground over which it moves. Named […]
News Station Switches From Black and White to Color TV for the First Time in 1967
This post was originally published on this siteWMT-TV Channel 2 in Iowa switched from its black and white programming to color for the very first […]
Galileo Galilei’s First Drawings of the Moon After Seeing It Through the Telescope in 1609
This post was originally published on this siteGalileo produced this extremely famous set of six watercolors of the Moon in its various phases “from life,” […]
The 1949 Jet-Powered Bike
This post was originally published on this siteBurning ordinary automotive gasoline, a jet engine for commercial use has been installed experimentally on a motorbike which […]
Wernher Von Braun Standing Next to the F-1 Engines Which Took Man to the Moon, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteA pioneer of America’s space program, Dr. von Braun stands by the five F-1 engines of the Saturn […]
Huge Typewriter Really Works, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteSo huge that its keys must be operated with the feet, a mammoth typewriter has been placed on […]
A Technique Known as “Aerial Smokescreen” Was Employed to Safeguard Ships During Warfare
This post was originally published on this siteThis amazing vintage footage from 1923 shows how early 20th century technology could make a battleship blind to […]
The Puerto Rican Colored Chicks, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteFrankly, we didn’t believe it either. But the evidence looks pretty convincing. It seems that down in San […]
Historical Photos of the Bathysphere, the World’s First Deep-Sea Exploration Vessel, From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bathysphere was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a […]
These Amazing “Tilt Test” Photos From the Past Prove That Double-Decker Buses Were Safe and Not a Tipping Hazard
This post was originally published on this siteBefore they’re allowed on the roads of London, all the iconic red double-decker buses have to put through […]
Man of Future to Have One Eye
This post was originally published on this siteIn February of 1934, this amazing announcement was made in Popular Mechanix magazine. According to Dr. Shastid, the […]
Priest Developed Practical Psychogalvanometer, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteIf you can’t lie to your priest, who CAN you lie to? In 1937, a psychogalvanometer invented by […]
A 7000-6000 Year Old Burial of a Young Woman and Her Newborn Baby
This post was originally published on this siteDiscovering ancient burial sites can often reveal fascinating insights into the lives of our distant ancestors. One such […]
The 1,4000,000-volt X-ray Machine at the High Voltage Laboratory at the National Bureau of Standards, ca, 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1940, the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (NBS) built this 1,400,000-volt X-ray generator, the most powerful of […]
Showcase Baby, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteLittle John Gray Jr., three months old when these pictures were taken in 1947, has seldom been outside […]
Wiretap-Proof Telephone, 1966
This post was originally published on this siteThis scrambler kept private phone conversations safe from wiretappers and eavesdroppers. Fitted to an ordinary handset, it needed […]