The Floppy Disk: From IBM Mainframes to Nuclear Command Systems
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The floppy disk was declared obsolete well over a decade ago, yet it coordinated functions of th...
8 Okt 27min
The Fax Machine: Patented in 1843 and Still Refusing to Die
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The fax machine is older than the telephone. Scottish inventor Alexander Bain received a British...
8 Okt 23min
The AT&T Picturephone: The Video Call That Arrived 50 Years Too Early
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1964 you could step into a booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal and see a live video fe...
8 Okt 20min
The 8-Track Tape: How an Endless Loop Conquered Cars, Then Crashed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 8-track tape, formally known as Stereo 8, was a format you could not rewind. Inside its chun...
8 Okt 26min
Adam Osborne and the Osborne Effect: What Really Killed His Company
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1981, Adam Osborne released the Osborne 1, a self-contained personal computer priced at $1,99...
8 Okt 23min
Why 3D Television Died: From 41 Million Sets in 2012 to Zero by 2017
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 2012 alone, 41.45 million 3D televisions shipped worldwide. By 2017, every major manufacturer...
8 Okt 20min
The Y2K Bug: $300 Billion Hoax or a Disaster Narrowly Averted?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the year 2000, a 105-year-old woman in Oslo received a formal letter offering her a place in ...
8 Okt 22min
WD-40: The Cold War Missile Coating Locked in a San Diego Bank Vault
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The blue and yellow can under your sink began as a fix for a frightening aerospace problem. In 1...
8 Okt 21min
