retrofuture

  • A Century-Old Device May Be The Future Of Electronics

    A Century-Old Device May Be The Future Of Electronics

    There’s a new device in the works over at DARPA, the agency known for pushing the technological envelope with mind-controlled prosthetics and drone-launching submarines. This latest innovation? The vacuum tube. You might remember it from the first time humans invented it, way back in 1904.


  • These 80s Internet Depictions Of Technology Are Great

    These 80s Internet Depictions Of Technology Are Great

    Ever spend time imagining what the world was like the year you popped into it? I love it. Because man, 1983 was ridiculous. And terrible. And awesome. Michael Jackson did his first moonwalk. AOL, Microsoft Word and My Little Pony came into existence. The first consumer Camcorder came out (Sony!) and weighed 7353009 pounds. And…


  • Was This The First In-Flight Movie?

    Was This The First In-Flight Movie?

    The photo above, taken on 6 April 1925, shows a movie projector being loaded into an Imperial Airways aeroplane for the first in-flight movie ever. And the photo below shows the screen and interior setup for this historical feat. But was it really the first in-flight film ever shown? Technically, no.