Collaborate Disseminate
Back in the last century, especially in the ’40s to the ’60s, one of the major home decor trends was to install various home appliances, like the television or stereo, …read more Continue reading A More Conspicuous Computer Assistant
[Ken Shirriff]’s analysis of a fascinating high-tech paperweight created by GE at the height of the space race is as informative as it is fun to look at. This device …read more Continue reading High-Tech Paperweight Shows off Working 60s-era Thin-Film Electronics
Virtual reality has seen enormous progress in the past few years. Given its recent surges in development, it may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that the ideas underpinning what we now call VR were laid way back in the 60s. Not all of the imagined possibilities …read more
Continue reading All The Good VR Ideas Were Dreamt Up In The 60s
Saying goodbye to a man who filled the world with crap. Continue reading The King of ‘As Seen on TV’ Was the Original Gadget Man