The 4 Most Amazing Electric Shock Stories According to a 1923 Contest

The 4 Most Amazing Electric Shock Stories According to a 1923 Contest

People love stories of near-fatal accidents. And back in the 1920s — when home electricity was really starting to become mainstream — there were more than enough death defying electric shock stories to go around.

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When the Next Flu Pandemic Hits, Keep Your Smartphone to Yourself

When the Next Flu Pandemic Hits, Keep Your Smartphone to Yourself

At the end of World War I, tens of millions of people died in just a few short years. But these deaths had nothing to do with the bullets and bayonets that had taken so many lives in battle. It was, instead, the Spanish Flu, which killed off about 5% of the world’s population from 1918 until 1920. Were a similar pandemic to hit today, one of the things we’d need to rethink is how we use our phones.

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How To Build the Miraculous Talking Glove of 1923

How To Build the Miraculous Talking Glove of 1923

A team at Disney Research recently developed some pretty amazing technology that lets you transmit sound through your fingertips. Some clever inventors way back in the 1920s had a similar (if decidedly more primitive) parlor trick. They called it the Talking Glove.

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