tech history

  • Here’s Some Lost Footage Of Einstein In A Flying Car

    Here’s Some Lost Footage Of Einstein In A Flying Car

    An archival science student stumbled upon an old cardboard box whilst working at the Lincoln Centre in new York City last year. Labelled ‘Godowsky Home Movies’, it contained a hidden that until now, had been a lost piece of history – a film canister titled ‘Einstein’. The footage inside depicts the 20th-century genius driving and…


  • The 1930s Refrigerator-Radio Combo That Never Quite Took Off

    The 1930s Refrigerator-Radio Combo That Never Quite Took Off

    By the late 1930s the vast majority of American households had a radio. So how were radio manufacturers supposed to expand their market? By insisting that the ideal American home has a radio in every room. Sometimes that meant putting radios in the latest appliances — like right inside every American’s favourite new gadget, the…