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    Relic: CRT Monitors

    Once upon a time, flat screens were a vision of the future—something you would only see in Star Trek or other science fiction works. In the dawn of the...

    Relic: Apple Newton

    Before the tablet and smartphone, there were a series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) that were largely marketed for business use. These PDAs were largely considered ahead of their...

    Happy 25th Birthday ThinkPad!

    Lenovo today proudly announced, at an exclusive event at the Yamato Labs in Japan, the birthplace of ThinkPad, a limited-edition model to celebrate twenty-five years of design and engineering innovation....

    Relic: Sega Dreamcast

    At the end of the early 1990s console wars, Sega and Nintendo faced a new competitor, the Sony PlayStation. While each console had their strengths and weaknesses, the PlayStation...

    Relic: Laserdisc

    It may be hard to grasp that competition over the very medium of storage formats would erupt in full-scale “wars” over which format would win out. Some examples of...

    Relic: Sunscreen

    To prevent being painfully burned by the sun, one puts on sunscreen to reduce the harmful effects of the sun’s rays on human skin. However, we never always had...

    Relic: Gasoline

    Gasoline, or petrol, has powered vehicles all throughout history. While gasoline has had a profound effect on our society, it has also helped us move more quickly between two...

    Relic: Polaroid Instant Camera

    For many years, my mother talked about people wanting things instantly and how detrimental it was to want things right away. That was her telling me (in a roundabout...

    Relic: Slide Rule

    Going back to school means new gadgets—whether it be the latest smartphone or laptop or something that does its job. Going back to school also means new things not...