History of Technology

126 years ago, France was a real country https://x.com/jameslucasit/status/2071580648519725089

James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) on X

This is real footage from 126 years ago. What you are watching is the trottoir roulant, the moving sidewalk, built for the great World’s Fair in Paris in 1900. More than a century ago, three years before the Wright brothers would make the first airplane flight, the city built

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@SMetzeler

TV ad from 1950

A little slice of history - merely 76 years ago, TV was advertised as beneficial to children 🤣🙄🤦‍♂️☠️

Remember when this was a great price for a tiny TV with VCR?

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@SMetzeler

The HP-71B pocket computer - 1984

HP released their HP-71B pocket computer on February 1, 1984. It was spectacular. Here is the full HP Journal from July 1984 which presents the entire hardware and software along with applications - lots and lots of math! This was definitely targeting professionals - scientists,...See more

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@SMetzeler

This was a pretty ingenious system - slow, very slow, but the result looked very professional: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gcgEWyHnI18

How Engineers Wrote Perfect Letters Before Computers

How Engineers Wrote Perfect Letters Before ComputersCredits : YT/@MadebyEdgar Subscribe for more!👍🏻

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@SMetzeler

In the 1980s, I had speakers by Jean Maurer, about the same size as the ones in the video. Stunning sound quality!

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@SMetzeler

Very good points about how the printing press and IT are part of the same continuous information revolution. https://x.com/organizermemes/status/2030721982027780314

Organizermemes (@OrganizerMemes) on X

I love this video

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@SMetzeler

For a little tech nostalgia... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoyM7KXFaZA

The Evolution of macOS – Every Version Explained (1984–2025)

This is the evolution and explanation of the Apple macOS operating system, from the first versions of System 1 on the first Macintosh, to the newest macOS, m…

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Minus communism, corruption and the cold, Russia could actually have been a really cool country... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-d9WWRuLm34

Soviet Walking Excavators #sovietstories #funfact #soviets #madeinussr

This thing you saw on the internet is real, and it’s really a Soviet-made giant walking excavator with giant iron feet. Let me introduce you to “Экскаватор Ш…

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@SMetzeler

This was some fabulous mechanical engineering! Typewriters that even supported multiple fonts: https://youtube.com/shorts/D5d_L37Gd8A

The Revolutionary IBM Selectric Typeball That Changed Everything

Discover how IBM’s revolutionary Selectric typewriter transformed offices in the 1960s with its ingenious golf ball-sized typing element. Unlike traditional…

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@SMetzeler

1965 fridge was better than modern ones! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jHRrDDkvKlM

How Could This Be a 1965 Fridge? 🤯🤯

#shorts #tech #inventions

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