#tech history

[cravinganescape]

SONY WM-EX7 (2002)

#techcore #sony walkman #walkman #y2k aesthetic #vintage tech #y2kcore #cybercore #retrowave #old tech #retrocomputing #white moodboard #cassette player #music players #2000s #early 2000s #nostalgiacore #y2k moodboard #tech history #2000s aesthetic #y2k #curators on tumblr #space age #retrofuturism #2000s style

[oldguydoesstuff]

The "Arithmometer", a mechanical digital calculator patented by French inventor Charles Xavier Thomas in 1820 could add, subtract, multiply and divide and is considered to be the first commercially successful office computing device.

#retrocomputing #vintage computer #19th century #tech history

[thoughtportal]

The patent system and intellectual property

#tiktok #cell phone #patent #inventions #history #tech history #technology #collective humanity

[petiolata]

Never let anyone tell you the enshittification/decline of the internet isn't real. Outlook now inserts paid advertising into your inbox in the form of a fake email at the top of your inbox.

You can pay to opt out and have an ad-free experience, of course :)

#enshittification #outlook #cyber history #tech history #old internet #the rise and fall of the internet #op #personal

[https-chaos]

I love seeing like. Real actual computers from the 90s. This was only 30 years ago! I'm watching the x files and this audio technician is sitting at a desk stacked with machines and computers. He operates it with hundreds and hundreds of switches. There's not even a screen! This is all software now! Technology history is so cool

#technology #tech history #txf

[queen-mabs-revenge]

This is the untold story of the Santiago Boys. A story that will get you to rethink everything you know about technology and politics. A story that will leave you asking: What if? Decades before Big Tech stole our future, these rebellious engineers dreamed of a different digital universe. Imagine a world where technology serves the people, not corporations. Where big data helps democracy, not ruins it. A place where the impossible always becomes possible. Their ideas were bold, their goals noble. But as their dream is about to become reality, powerful forces crush it. Why is their story not better known, and what really happened to the Santiago Boys? Have they really resurfaced in Silicon Valley? Spies, terrorist attacks, startups, and much human drama -- it's all here. The Santiago Boys have lessons to teach us, and on the 50th anniversary of the Chilean Coup, their story is more relevant than ever.

Upcoming 9 part podcast series about Project Cybersyn - there's a sign up on the linked page to get an update when it drops!

#project cybersyn #socialism #chile #big tech #tech history #sooooo looking forward to this - did some research on this when i was preparing my lead-off on ai #but didn't get a chance to get into the weeds #and this sounds amazing - tons of first person interviews #this was plugged on this machine kills with more info about it and it sounds like it's gonna be unreal #mabs recs podcasts

[hydralisk98]

Some French Minitel first generation device bundle.

#minitel #tech history #France

[juliaferraioli]

definitely not where they keep the internet

#internet archive #ceci n'est pas une pipe #tech humor #tech history #digital archives #web archive

[seraphicleanings]

Pages from MONDO 2000 (Issue 16 c. 1996)– a 90s cyberpunk magazine in which science editor Charles Ostman was interviewed about “Synthetic sentience” (AI and the like)

#mondo 2000 #my archive #vintage magazine #cyberpunk #technology #tech history

[cravinganescape]

The MobiBLU DAH-1500i ( "The Cube" ) was released exclusively through Walmart in 2005. It originally came in six different colors with 512 mb/ 1 gb memory for users to enjoy. The MobiBlu measures at 24mm (0.94in) cubed, making it the world's smallest mp3 player with FM Radio and sound recorder.

#mp3 #mp3 player #techcore #cybercore #vintage tech #old tech #tech history #y2k #y2kcore #nostalgiacore #digicore #2000s #webcore #2000s aesthetic #y2k tech #y2k aesthetic #y2k cyber #2000s tech #mobiblu #curators on tumblr #cyber #cyber aesthetic #headphones #music #image described #alt text

[oldguydoesstuff]

In 1947, William Shockley and a team of researchers at Bell Laboratories demonstrated the world's first working transistor, the device that makes our modern world possible.

Today, your phone has 12 billion of them inside, in a square about the size of a postage stamp.

#tech history #transistors #bell labs #circa 1947

[thoughtportal]

what is a VCR?

#tiktok #VCR #retro aesthetic #technology #tech history #tech #1982 #1980s

[slothyykittee]

History of Human Technology, I guess.

#art #my art #digital art #history #tech #tech history

[humanoidhistory]

The first mobile phone call was made on this day in 1973. Martin Cooper, using a prototype of the Motorola DynaTAC, placed a call from the streets of New York to Bell Labs in New Jersey. The device was 9 inches tall, had a talk-time of 35 minutes, and took 10 hours to recharge.

#history #tech #motorola #nyc #new york #cell phone #mobile phone #telecom

[ms2253]

the origin of the apple command key symbol

#article #swedish #apple #tech history

[petiolata]

I want a dot matrix printer...

#nostalgia #ahh to have little holes all along on each side of your paper #that was the life #cyber history #tech history #op #personal #greenbar paper was better