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ROM, New Electronic Action Toy!, was originally called COBOL (after the programming language), which was later changed to "Rom" (after ROM, read-only memory) by Parker Brothers executives.
Prescient matchbook ad: 115,000 computer programmers needed by... 1975.
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Radio Shack Ad - a computer in your pocket (f. Isaac Asimov)
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Runaway, movie trailer, 1984. In the future, machines will revolt against us (led by Gene Simmons)
Scooter Computer and Mr Chips - Number Cruncher. This is one of 3 Schoolhouse Rock! shorts that were never released to the public until 30 years after they were made.
by MsOmppu
Scooter Computer and Mr Chips - Think Computer. This is one of 3 Schoolhouse Rock! shorts that were never released to the public until 30 years after they were made.
by MsOmppu
Scooter Computer and Mr Chips. This is one of 3 Schoolhouse Rock! shorts that were never released to the public until 30 years after they were made.
by MsOmppu
Microsoft reveals its vision of productivity in 2019. Watch how future technology will help people make better use of their time, focus their attention, and strengthen relationships while getting things done at work, home, and on the go. (Release: 2010)
by NeutralSingh
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"You Will!" The Future of Innovation (per ATT in 1993). This montage of ATT ads came from a 1993 Newsweek CD-ROM, when Newsweek thought that one day, magazines would be sent to you in CD-ROM form, sponsored with ads.
by melish99
Tablet Newspaper of the Future (per 1994, Knight-Ridder). Knight-Ridder produced a video in 1994 demonstrating their faith in the tablet newspaper of the future. Below is the video in its entirety.
by paleofuture
Mobile is the Future! (per 1990). Introducing a revolutionary new concept... a cell phone you can CARRY WITH YOU!
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History of the Internet. ...an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet.
by picolsigns
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts The Internet (in 1974)
Someday, you will watch any TV show you want to see anytime you want to watch it – thanks to Betamax tapes.
Multiple Exposure Photo at Hanover Airport by Johnny Roquemore: j.mp/yG5zSv
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Meet EGO, the South Korean all-electric semi-submarine
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Marty McFly's hoverboard from Back to the Future *may* be coming soon!
World's first high speed, mass transit monorail, created for the Seattle World's Fair of 1962. Created by the Allweg company that made the earlier Disneyland monorail in 1959, It took 10,000 passengers an hour from downtown Seattle to the site fair at speeds up to 50 mph.
by azzurrolou
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Jacob Abernathy Awesome.