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Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

In the 1980s personal computers kicked in. In 1980 alone, the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX80 ...
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Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Before the iPhone, there was the EyePhone.     In this photograph from June 7 ...
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May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

Nothing thrills the masses like space travel. A few names epitomise the mid 20th Century space ...
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Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

  Arthur E Smith's photo-micrographs featured in Richard Kerr's 1909 publication Nature through Microscope & Camera. The photographs were produced ...
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1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

You should see the first photo when Pele was wearing shorts: Brazil legend Pele gets a ...
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I Am A Human Cannonball: A Brief History Of Circus Bullets

I Am A Human Cannonball: A Brief History Of Circus Bullets

"You've got four seconds between when that cannon fires and when you're going to land, and a lot has to happen in that four seconds, you know" ...
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5 Things Your Smartphone Has Made Obsolete

5 Things Your Smartphone Has Made Obsolete

Your phone (that thing you’re looking at now, or no doubt have close by your ...
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Post-Mortem Photography Of The Victorian Era

Post-Mortem Photography Of The Victorian Era

When I'm gone, says the adult, remember me being full of life, not ill and ...
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12 Recent Electronic Inventions You Already Take For Granted

12 Recent Electronic Inventions You Already Take For Granted

Here is a list of gadgets which weren't available to consumers until the past few decades; ...
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1980s Home Computers Will Make Our Dumb Kids Smart

1980s Home Computers Will Make Our Dumb Kids Smart

The advertising for 1980s home computers may have over-represented their products, but they did it ...
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The Amazing 1971 Zenith Color TV

The Amazing 1971 Zenith Color TV

If you're as old as me, you remember when television sets were built as sturdy ...
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On This Day in History: Photos From October 13

On This Day in History: Photos From October 13

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