Category: vintage

This 1993 Ad Predicted GPS, the iPad, and Movies on demand

One ad campaign from 1993 has proved itself to be incredibly predictive. The campaign, themed “You Will”, and produced for AT&T, predicted things like the iPad, GPS, videochattingm and more, all a decade before these things came into existance. “Borrowed a book from thousands of miles away”. Just as on the touch display in the commercial, we can now rent a book straight from...

Google Glass? Bah. Old Technology- Here’s the Real Innovator

Google Glass seems way ahead of its’ time… and then you look at the market and find that several other similar (though not as high-tech) technologies do in fact exist. Case and point: The Oakley Airwave. These cool (in multiple senses) high-flying ski Goggles feature a heads-up display using the same display principle as google glass to display things such as your location, airtime,...

Why Old People Should Love Youtube

Youtube is only for young people? No. Inside, Youtube is more than just funny cat videos, and airplane crashes. Youtube has amassed a massive archive of historic television programs, music, and more from various sources which make the national archives look like your local library. From Milton Berle, to Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Burnett, Bill Cosby, and many more, Youtube has a collection with variety...