OT: Top 100 Gadgets of all Time
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Re: OT: Top 100 Gadgets of all Time (clemsonhatch)
Nice little historical review of industrial design...
Glad to see the Zippo lighter in there. I'm no smoker, but few things in life are as simple, elegant and functional. Also props for the laser pointer. My 5 year old kid and six year old lab can keep each other amused for hours chasing the "dot" around the house. Hell, just saying the word "dot" around my house sends the dog into orbit.
Glad to see the Zippo lighter in there. I'm no smoker, but few things in life are as simple, elegant and functional. Also props for the laser pointer. My 5 year old kid and six year old lab can keep each other amused for hours chasing the "dot" around the house. Hell, just saying the word "dot" around my house sends the dog into orbit.
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Re: OT: Top 100 Gadgets of all Time (KOALA YUMMIES)
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If I recall correctly, its contemporaries were either the flip top luggables (Compaq ??) or the nary a real computer Texas Instruments/HP little tablet things (that my dad had and was only good for stats and/or engineering type stuff - certainly not a WP/DP) with keys the size of mechanical pencil erasers.
I agree w/ you thawley, what a simple, functional concept.
I like the Atari 2600 being in there but find it curious that the Commadore 64 was not (or I didn't see it). It reads a bit more like a popularity contest than a top 100 of gadgetry. If not, why no Betamax, no Laser Disc (v1 or v2) - certainly a precursor to the DVD player, cassette tapes (the original portable compact easy to use means to listen to stuff - much better than the in-dash record players of the 50s and much more practical than the 8-track), DAT (come on, this has to be a more important gadget than a clapper). I could go on but again, seems like a popularity contest (and an ad for Ronco and Sony
).
</TD></TR></TABLE>If I recall correctly, its contemporaries were either the flip top luggables (Compaq ??) or the nary a real computer Texas Instruments/HP little tablet things (that my dad had and was only good for stats and/or engineering type stuff - certainly not a WP/DP) with keys the size of mechanical pencil erasers.
I agree w/ you thawley, what a simple, functional concept.
I like the Atari 2600 being in there but find it curious that the Commadore 64 was not (or I didn't see it). It reads a bit more like a popularity contest than a top 100 of gadgetry. If not, why no Betamax, no Laser Disc (v1 or v2) - certainly a precursor to the DVD player, cassette tapes (the original portable compact easy to use means to listen to stuff - much better than the in-dash record players of the 50s and much more practical than the 8-track), DAT (come on, this has to be a more important gadget than a clapper). I could go on but again, seems like a popularity contest (and an ad for Ronco and Sony
).
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