Humanoid robots are still relatively primitive here in the 21st century. Sure, we have Roombas that can vacuum our…

When you think of jetpacks, your first thought is probably an image of some fun, care-free piece of pop culture like …

It’s the year 2018. And while we have some very cool tech that we take for granted, we’re still waiting on quite a…

I’m calling it. The year 2000 is officially retro. Fight me.

This bicycle, designed by Benjamin Bowden, was included in the “Britain Can Make It Better” exhibition of 1946.…

According to the LA Times in 1923, it took streetcars 30 minutes to move just six blocks in downtown LA that summer.…

We all use dystopian movies and books to make sense of our world. Whether it’s Brave New World, 1984, or The Hunger…

In an age when anyone with a smartphone and a steady hand can get a perfectly focused, well-lit shot, lo-fi photos…

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A small village on the left bank of the river Tisza in Hungary hides one of the best-preserved industrial relics I…

Rotary dials are one of my favorite UI devices. I like the force feedback they provide as you spin a number in, and…

YouTuber Avboden has a home automation system from 1985, and he recently created this video to show people how it…

One of the first-ever fitness wearables was so dangerous it was banned by the US government for causing miscarriages…

One of the greatest media experiments of the 1930s and 40s was the faxpaper. Almost entirely forgotten today, it was…

It's almost here, guys! Flying cars! Jetpacks! Hoverboards! Or so we've been promised. It seems these technologies…

"What for example could be staler than to-morrow morning's newspaper account of a prize-fight or political…

"EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT SHELTERS" proclaimed Life magazine in its January 12, 1962 issue.

Is it cruel to have children when the world is so terrible? That's not a new question. And when a newspaper…