25 Vintage Photos of Motorola Television Models in 1956
This post was originally published on this siteTelevision was introduced to Americans in 1939 and began to gain a foothold after World War II (1939–45). […]
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Photos of Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat, the Largest All-Metal Flying Boat to Have Ever Been Constructed
This post was originally published on this siteLaunched from the Saunders-Roe facility at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the first Princess Flying Boat, G-ALUN, […]
A Pregnant Ancient Egyptian Mummy From the 1st Century BC Uncovered in Poland
This post was originally published on this siteThe world’s first pregnant Egyptian mummy has been discovered in Warsaw by a team of Polish scientists using […]
A Newspaper Article From 1963 Predicted a Phone That You’d One Day Be Able to Put in Your Pocket
This post was originally published on this siteThe concept of a cellphone existed long before you held one in your hand. In 1963, a newspaper […]
Visions Of the Future: 16 Gorgeous NASA’s Space Travel Posters in Retro Style
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1962, the NASA Art Program was established. Artists, including Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Mitchell Jamieson, […]
Louie Mattar’s Cadillac, the Car That Has Everything, 1952
This post was originally published on this siteLouie Mattar, a San Diego garage owner with a big imagination, who turned his 1947 Cadillac into a […]
Fascinating Vintage TV Set Ads From the 1960s to 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteTelevision is the first audiovisual device that changed the way people see entertainment. It opened the realm of […]
Eye of Tomorrow: French Film From 1947 Predicted Our Addiction to Smartphones in the 21st Century
This post was originally published on this siteTélévision: Oeil de Demain (“Television: Eye of Tomorrow”) predicted that some day in the future everyone would be […]
Weightless Cats: The U.S. Air Force Once Tested Cats in Zero Gravity in 1947
This post was originally published on this siteAfter WWII, the Navy and Air Force began to compete for primacy in the U.S. space program by […]
Did You Know? The Default Profile Image on Microsoft Outlook in 2010 Was Actually Bill Gates’ 1977 Mug Shot
This post was originally published on this siteBill Gates is staring at users every time they launch Outlook 2010. The People Pane was more of […]
Candid Photographs Captured People Living a Normal Life With Mummies in Venzone, Italy in 1950
This post was originally published on this siteThe inhabitants of Venzone, Italy with their ancient mummy relatives in 1950 by Jack Birns for LIFE magazine. […]
Failed Attempt to Build an Early Helicopter, 1915
This post was originally published on this siteMan sitting in early helicopter invention, ‘Sky Car’, in January 1915. Umbrella style wing makes the Sky Car […]
In the 1940s and 1950s, CIA Used Skyhook to Rescue Soldiers When It Was Not Safe to Fully Land an Aircraft
This post was originally published on this siteAdrift, but help is on the way! Down comes a special rescue kit which contains the most important […]
Charles Reid Barnes Standing on a Cactus, 1908
This post was originally published on this siteCharles Reid Barnes (1858–1910) standing on a cactus, near Tehuacan, Mexico. The photo was taken by his laboratory […]
Mechanical Secrets of Movie Gorillas in ‘King Kong’ (1933)
This post was originally published on this siteEver wonder how a Hollywood make-up man converts an actor into a terrifyingly realistic gorilla in those fascinating […]
The First Automated Teller Machine (ATM), 1966
This post was originally published on this siteThis early prototype of the automated teller machine (ATM) was displayed for the first time at the American […]
William Roentgen Demonstrates X-ray Machines at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, 1898
This post was originally published on this siteIn the late 19th century, X-rays set America’s imagination ablaze. Only three years after its discovery by William […]
Panasonic MC-1000, the Very First Plastic-Bodied Vacuum Cleaner From 1965
This post was originally published on this site It’s a Car! It’s a Toy! It’s a Vintage Spaceship! Before the mid-1950s, vacuum cleaners weren’t in […]
The Story Behind the World’s First Underwater Photograph Taken by William Thompson in 1856
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1856, William Thompson took the world’s first underwater photo in the Bay of Weymouth in Dorset, UK. […]
Louis Boutan and the World’s First Underwater Selfie, 1893
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1893, Louis Boutan took an underwater self-portrait at a depth of 3 m (10 ft) using a […]
On Dec. 30, 1930, the First-Ever Photo of the Earth’s Curvature Was Taken
This post was originally published on this siteThe first photograph ever made showing the division between the troposphere and the stratosphere and also the actual […]
December 3, 1992: The Text Message to a Mobile Phone Is Sent
This post was originally published on this siteOn the same day that Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” hit the charts as the #1 […]
20 Weird Japanese Inventions That We Definitely Need
This post was originally published on this siteJapan, the land of the rising sun, is world-reknowned for its technological prowess. It’s no secret that Japanese […]
Life-Sized and See-Through Body Display in Cairo, Egypt, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Cold War, East and West Germany competed against each other with espionage – and exhibitions. To […]
Some Goofy Inventions by Russell E. Oakes From the Late 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteRussell E. Oakes, a Waukesha, Wisconsin, advertising man, is the Thomas A. Edison of goofy gadgets. In his […]