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The Futuristic Robot Surgeons of 1982 Have Arrived
A futuristic technology hasn’t really arrived until someone files a lawsuit against it. And in that case, the robot surgeon is here. Welcome to the future. The da Vinci surgical robot (or, more...
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The 1960s Office Desk of the Future Was More NASA Than Mad Men
With its hovering videophone, modern dictation machine and space pod design, this 1961 executive desk of tomorrow would fit in better on the ISS than at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The February 5,...
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An Early Online Privacy Expert Revisits His 1985 Predictions Today
Back in 1985, Larry Hunter was a grad student studying artificial intelligence at Yale. He had access to the kinds of computers and networking tools that few Americans even knew existed at the time....
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Glasses-Free 3D and Smell-o-Vision: Movies of the Future from 1935
Predictions that 3D movies would be the wave of the future are even older than the talkies. But back in 1935 the so-called father of science fiction gave his prediction for 3D films an even bolder...
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Walk-Through Metal Detectors Were Invented to Catch Thieving Employees
Today we walk through metal detectors to get into courthouses, airports, and even concert venues. But back in the 1920s the first walk-through metal detectors weren’t invented for finding weapons (or...
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We’ve Grappled With Televised Death Since The First TV Suicide in 1938
The family of an American man who committed suicide this past September has filed a lawsuit against Fox News over the live broadcast of the event. Understandably, the family says that they suffered...
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Douglas Engelbart, Early Developer of the Computer Mouse, Dead at 88
Douglas Engelbart, an internet pioneer and developer of the early computer mouse, passed away early this morning at the age of 88. Engelbart was involved in the development of the ARPANET—the precursor...
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DIY Fireworks Instructions Were Ridiculously Unsafe in the 1920s
Every year, our Yank cousins celebrate Independence Day by doing what they do best: blowing stuff up and eating large amounts of red meat. Fireworks haven’t always come from a Chinese factory, though;...
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