Gizmodo 79

Music, Mustaches and Marijuana Collide In Idiotic LP Smuggling Attempt From 1979

Thanks to some moronic Jamaican and Canadian drug smugglers, the 1979 mustache patrol cracked down hard on LPs that had the rare distinction of being certified "pot." Gizmodo ’79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 13

Stanford Cart: When Robots Started Seeing in 3D

Terminators have night and infrared vision. But they had to start somewhere, right? In 1979, a robot at Stanford called Cart that was radio-linked to a mainframe tracked and navigated 3D obstacles using a sliding camera for stereoscopic vision. First, they saw chairs littered around rooms. Then they saw us. [CMU] Gizmodo ’79 is a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 13

Were Gadgets More Reliable 30 Years Ago?

As we pointed out in our call for a revolution against beta culture—they don’t make em’ like they used to. But is that really true in your opinion? Were gadgets more reliable 30 years ago then they are today? https://gizmodo.com/a-call-for-revolution-against-beta-culture-5083371 Were Gadgets More Reliable 30 Years Ago?(trends) Gizmodo ’79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Jul 13

Alien: Making Space Scary Since 1979

Alien came out on May 25th, 1979, 2 years to the day after Star Wars: A New Hope hit theaters. You couldn’t create two more different visions of space if you tried. Alien depicts a future with space travel that’s gritty, dark and realistic. These space travelers aren’t heros; they’re blue collar workers just trying…

Movies Adam Frucci Jul 13

Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell

After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp’s Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late ’70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: Duck Hunt (1976) Before Duck Hunt hit the NES as part of the most famous (and…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 13

Gizmodo ’79

My world really began in the late ’70s. Yes, I was born then, but what I’m talking about is the beginnings of this age of gadgets. The seeds of digital happened while I was in diapers, and analog was alive. I recall my brushes with ’70s technology in the form of VHS and Betamax (we…

Tech News Brian Lam Jul 13

Music, Mustaches and Marijuana Collide In Idiotic LP Smuggling Attempt From 1979

Stanford Cart: When Robots Started Seeing in 3D

Were Gadgets More Reliable 30 Years Ago?

Alien: Making Space Scary Since 1979

Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell

Gizmodo ’79

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