In 1979, Casio made a calculator that doubled as a cigarette lighter, a.k.a. the 'calculighter'. (📷: Joe Haupt) #RetroHardware In 1987, Sony released the WM-F107 Solar Walkman, the first solar-powered cassette player. #RetroHardware via Obsolete Sony from Twitter In 2004, Sony Ericsson unveiled the EGB-10 Gameboard, which offered a more comfortable control system for mobile gaming compared to the standard keypad. It could easily snap onto compatible handsets, elevating the gaming experience for the simple mobile games of that time. #RetroHardware via Obsolete Sony from Twitter BOOM! The world’s longest continuous operating computer is still operating! It is also the farthest known computer. It is back online! #Space via Brian Roemmele from Twitter https://phys.org/news/2024-04-nasa-voyager-resumes-earth.html @johnmacintosh
Now I wonder, do they have an actual replica of Voyager somewhere in NASA HQ? 🤔 There must be one, otherwise how do you even manage to do all this stuff without testing Apple prototypes (1995), photo from Macworld. It's like the iPhone C version of the Newton. #RetroHardware via Retro Tech Dreams from Twitter |