techversary
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The Untold History Of The Easy-Bake Oven
I have a confession: My brother and I destroyed my Easy-Bake Oven. I had the 1981 Mini-Wave model, the boxy, yellow microwave style, which was, in my seven-year-old mind, the only kind of Easy-Bake there was. One day, my four-year-old brother had a brilliant idea — to “cook” a green plastic steak from our 1972…
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Polaroid’s First Camera Caused Black Friday Pandemonium 65 Years Ago
Polaroid is a non-entity these days, but instant photography lives on in the digital photos we produce at dazzling speeds. We’re addicted, and that’s what made Polaroid the hottest tech company in the world when its first blockbuster consumer product, the Model 95 Land Camera, went on sale. That was 65 years ago on Black…
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The Audio Cassette Turns 50
The humble cassette tape, beloved of ’80s music lovers, may now be defunct — but it’s hardly surprising given that the once-revolutionary medium turns 50 today. The natural descendant of the 8-track — which used similar magnetic tape but housed it in a much bigger, bulkier frame — the audio cassette was the brainchild of…
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Curiosity’s Greatest Hits In Its One Year On Mars
Can you believe it’s been a full year since the Mars Curiosity rover made its absolutely spectacular red, dusty landing? Millions watched with bated breath the day that NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory began its historical journey. It may have taken everyone’s favourite interplanetary robot a little while to get up and running, but once it…