Jan 30
In the 1970s, personal rapid transit (PRT) was supposed to be America’s great transportation savior.
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Jan 29
In 1934 the president of Northwestern University, Walter Dill Scott, predicted that technology would radically change the college experience.
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Jan 29
Apple is notoriously protective of their intellectual property. Even going so far as suing Samsung in a high-profile fight over the iPhone and iPad designs. But what if Apple didn’t coin the name for one of their most celebrated products? Namely, the iPad.
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Jan 28
After alcohol prohibition was repealed in 1933, many American distillers had a problem: they didn’t have enough old booze lying around. It’s possible to churn out a barrel of whiskey in just a few days, but you need at least 3 years of aging for many people to consider it any good. The "time traveling" scientists of the Great Depression were going to fix all that.
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Jan 27
Websploitation videos of the 1990s had it all: sex, violence, and crudely animated viruses chasing you in a Tron-like hellscape from which you’ll never escape.
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Jan 27
Football and jetpacks have a long history together
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Jan 23
Sometimes the most accurate visions of the future are also the most terrifying. Like this employee-tracking system imagined in a 2003 concept video by Accenture.
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Jan 23
In 1922 Hobart Reese enjoyed a brief period of fame for his portraits of famous people. What made his work so special? Reese created his art using nothing but a typewriter.
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Jan 21
Can you spot the fakes? Hundreds of amazing images wash over our greedy eyeballs each and every day, clogging our Twitter timelines and Facebook feeds. Many of them are fakes, lies, or both. Like these!
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Jan 17
Actor Russell Johnson died yesterday at the age of 89. He was best known for his role as The Professor on the hit TV show Gilligan’s Island from 1964 until 1967. In honor of the actor, Mental Floss has compiled a list of the good Professor’s greatest inventions —greatest inventions that never were.
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