Vintage Technologies We No Longer Use (Part 2)
March 31st, 2010 by Sanket
19. Walkman
The Walkman was invented for the co-chairman of Sony, Akio Morita, who wanted to be able to listen to his favorite operas on plane trips. It was initially marketed as the Soundabout in North America, but the “Walkman” name was used for the product up until the present day.
20. Discman
Two years after the mass production of the Compact Disc, Sony released its portable player for it....
Vintage Technologies We No Longer Use (Part 1)
March 31st, 2010 by Sanket
Most of the technologies that we have used in the past have been eclipsed by the remarkable technology that we use today.
Advances in their design have occurred in tandem with the advances in technology in this digital era, with many large products being redesigned and miniaturized into amazingly small sizes.
While we may laugh at the fact that anyone ever found this technology to be cutting-edge,...