Underwater Socket Tested, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteA light socket which can be used under water without short-circuiting is shown here in the picture, in […]
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MetaWriter Software Vending Machine, 1983
This post was originally published on this siteWhen Nolan Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications, he agreed not to compete with the company for a […]
The First Image of Earth Taken From Outer Space
This post was originally published on this siteThis black-and-white image might not look like much, but it represent the first step towards the creation of […]
Little Curies: Marie Curie and Her X-Ray Vehicles’ Contribution to World War I Battlefield Medicine
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War I, Marie Curie recognized that wounded soldiers were best served if operated upon as soon […]
Historic Photographs Capture the Training of Ham the Chimp and Other Astrochimps in 1961
This post was originally published on this siteWell before the USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, in 1957, and obviously long before the U.S. […]
On January 31, 1961 Ham Became the First Chimpanzee in Space
This post was originally published on this siteOn the morning of January 31, 1961, in south Florida, a 5-year-old chimpanzee dubbed “Ham” by his handlers […]
Meet Joseph Strobl, an Expert Soap Taster at the Los Angeles Soap Company, California, 1934
This post was originally published on this siteTesting soap by taste was one of the chief duties of Joseph Strobl, chief soap maker for a […]
Man-From-Mars Radio Hat, Kind of a 1949 iPod
This post was originally published on this siteThe radio hat was a portable radio built into a pith helmet that would bring in stations within […]
January 24, 1984: The Apple Macintosh Computer Goes on Sale
This post was originally published on this siteThe “Mac” was the first commercially successful personal computer using a graphical user interface and a mouse. The […]
The de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle: A One-Man Personal Helicopter From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe HZ-1 Aerocycle, also known as the YHO-2 and by the manufacturer’s designation DH-5 Aerocycle, was an American […]
Behold the Iter Avto, the World’s First Automobile Navigator, Created in 1930
This post was originally published on this siteOf course, it didn’t have voice prompts and GPS, but we all need to start somewhere. The principle […]
Over Fifty Years, the V-Shaped Three-Point Safety Belt From Volvo Saved Well Over One Million Lives
This post was originally published on this siteThere is a saying that the simplest is often the best. However, it was only towards the end […]
Photos of Famous People at Sean Lennon’s 9th Birthday in 1984
This post was originally published on this siteThe son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in […]
Blink Test Part of 1949 Smog Study in California
This post was originally published on this siteBetty Cook, a lab assistant at the Stanford Research Institute, is shown taking a “blink test” as part […]
Vintage Photos of People Posing by Their TVs in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteTelevision became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years […]
30 Photos Show the Inside of Offices in the 1970s and ’80s
This post was originally published on this siteThe office has transformed dramatically since the 1970s: in layout, in culture and in technology. It was a […]
DAF-Domburg Diesel Bus With Slide Out Motor for Ease of Maintenance
This post was originally published on this site1949 innovation where the motor can be “taken out” of the bus, literally, so it can be easily […]
Before Computer: Vintage Photos of People From the Past With Their Typewriters
This post was originally published on this siteA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of […]
Face Reconstruction of Ramses II, Based on the Pharoah’s Mummy
This post was originally published on this siteArtificial Intelligence reconstruction of what Pharaoh Ramses II may have looked like (1,303 – 1,213 BC). Ramesses II […]
The Earliest Photographs of a Total Solar Eclipse, 1854
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1841-42, William and Frederick Langenheim opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia. Known for their technical innovations, the […]
30 Vintage Photographs Capture Daily Life at the Volkswagen Factory in Wolfsburg in 1972
This post was originally published on this siteVolkswagen is one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers in the world but it’s worldwide headquarters are still […]
Diathermy in Beauty Culture From From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the term diathermy is used in beauty culture it usually refers to ‘surgical diathermy.’ Diathermy treatments of […]
Mechanical Hands With Remote Control: GE Master-Slave Manipulator by John Payne, 1948
This post was originally published on this siteThe village blacksmith of Longfellow may have had “muscles like iron bands,” but scientist John Payne of General […]
The Cat-Mew Machine: A Device That Produces Cat Sounds, Meant to Keep Away Rodents
This post was originally published on this sitePowered by a two-watt motor, and like a terrible scarecrow, this machine was invented in Japan in 1963. […]
Fascinating Vintage Ads of Old-School Headphones
This post was originally published on this siteHeadphones grew out of the need to free up a person’s hands when operating a telephone. By the […]