BOOM! You just stepped into Doc Brown's DeLorean and flew back to 1993. Welcome to the world before your smartphone, a world where VCR, Walkman and Polaroid ruled supreme.
If anything this image shows just how far technology has come in such a short time.
#ThrowbackThursday
The good ol' days
Ah yes the good ol' days, sitting on a couch on a Sunday morning reading the editorial section of the times while drinking a cup of coffee. Nothing quite beat the smell of the newspaper or the black smudge on your hands as the ink rubbed off onto your fingertips.
When was the last time you used a payphone?
Seems like a slightly ridiculous question right? Personally, I can't remember the last time I touched a payphone, yet when you walk down the streets of Boston or New York there they are. There are around 500,00 of these public servants in the U.S., each one patiently waiting for a needy passerby to deposit their spare change for a quick call.
Back in the 80's or 90's you may have seen one of these rare creatures in wild, an ordinary telephone mounted on the center console of a car. Back then these car phones were very expensive and seen as a luxurious high end piece of technology. It seems strange to say that now since we all carry around mini computers in our pockets with our smart phones, but 25 years ago this was the tool of the rich and famous.
Our gadgets come and go and eventually they all come to see retirement. Some stay longer than others though, and a select few live on today as legends of the past. Here are 10 gadgets that you may remember and even miss a little bit.
1. Apple II
The new iPhone 6 may have 10x the processing power of this relic but without this computing legend that iPhone may not even exist.
What you are looking at here is Epic Game's Unreal Engine 1 vs Unreal Engine 4. Unreal 1 was released in 1998 and was considered the peak of computer graphics back in the day. Today we know video games as something completely different, they are fully immersive and are reaching the point where it is tough to draw the line between the digital and the real world.
This weeks Throwback Thursday is something close to my heart. This video shows how kids react to the original Nintendo Gameboy, I had one of these as a kid and still have it to this day, so many great memories. Some of their reactions are hilarious to say the least, my favorite quote from this video has to be "I kinda feel bad for people in the past.
For this weeks throwback thursday I decided to look in my desk/apartment to see what old relics of technology I had lying around. Now I'm only 23 years old so many of our more technologically experienced readers may scoff and say things like "hrmph this is modern technology!" or "back in my day" but for me this is a throwback.
These videos are quickly becoming some of my favorite throwbacks, in this one kids react to the original portable music player. Thats right its back, its the legendary, the bulky, the original Sony Walkman. I will give you a quick warning though, this video will make you feel old.
In this weeks Throwback Thursday we are going to look at what kids these days think of some old tech. This video is hilarious as kids try and figure out how to use a computer from the late 70's.
Written By: Sam Watkinson