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Toyota Built A Gas Turbine Sports Car In The ’70s
In 1977, the world was still recovering from the shock of the oil crisis. Toyota looked at its economical, 73-mile-per-gallon (29 kilometres-per-litre), fuel-sipping Sports 800, and said yeah, that’s still not enough efficiency. As a result, Toyota began work on a hybrid adaptation it had initially investigated for fun in the mid-’60s.
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Turn Your Old Commodore Computer Into A USB Keyboard With This Easy To Install Adaptor
To some, the idea of a computer that didn’t ship with a screen is simply bizarre. To others, Commodore’s computers were where their obsession with technology and gadgets began, and those with fond memories of banging away on those old clackety keys will be happy to hear that a simple adaptor turns the Commodore 128…
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The RetroN Jr. Lets You Play All Your Tiny Game Boy Games On Your Giant HDTV
Now that ThinkGeek is no more, Hyperkin will be carrying the “April Fool’s Day prank turned real” torch and turning the RetroN Jr.—a gag product it originally introduced on April 1, 2017—into a legitimate way to enjoy classic Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, and Game Boy Advance titles on a big screen TV.
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Thirty Years Later, This Handheld Version Of The Original Carmen Sandiego Is Still Better Than School Work
Thirty years ago if you offered a kid the choice between playing Super Mario Bros. and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, the plumber would always win. But if asked to choose between studying fractions and playing an educational video game in the school computer lab, who wouldn’t go the Carmen route? It was…