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Modern Mechanix Round-Up

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2008-01-04 17:14:41 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix to put together this round-up of the latest and greatest from one of the web's best retro tech blogs. He's kindly obliged! Expect to see this daily, or nearly. (It's much easier than just linking all his stuff every day Today at Modern Mechanix we looked at RCA's 5-screen television of the future , and learned that in 1936 glass...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-Up

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2008-01-04 17:14:41 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix to put together this round-up of the latest and greatest from one of the web's best retro tech blogs. He's kindly obliged! Expect to see this daily, or nearly. (It's much easier than just linking all his stuff every day Today at Modern Mechanix we looked at RCA's 5-screen television of the future , and learned that in 1936 glass...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-UP

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2008-03-21 17:06:14 by Charles Shopsin in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix Illustrated article titled "How Automation Will Affect Your Job ". The whole article is not as cheery; it does predict massive layoffs and the disenfranchisement of unskilled workers as a result. However still flush from the success of the New Deal and massive post-war boom the author anticipates that a coalition of unions,...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-UP

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2008-03-21 17:06:14 by Charles Shopsin in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix Illustrated article titled "How Automation Will Affect Your Job ". The whole article is not as cheery; it does predict massive layoffs and the disenfranchisement of unskilled workers as a result. However still flush from the success of the New Deal and massive post-war boom the author anticipates that a coalition of unions,...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-UP

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2008-04-24 16:15:12 by Charles Shopsin in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix we have this bizarre contraption designed to torture teach your baby how to walk, a "compact" gauge to measure the speed of baseball pitches , a round up of cool gadgets used in store windows to attract shoppers , a 1965 ad for Bell's Data-Phone which appears to be an early modem and a big truck that can transform into a complete...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-UP

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2008-05-08 17:43:10 by Charles Shopsin in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix we looked at these oh-so-cool sport binoculars , an advertisement for Harley Davidson's 1951 Hydra-Glide motorcycle, a centuries old automaton of an old woman that writes letters and learned that Canada is full of courteous people and fresh fish. This 1932 Modern Mechanix article documents the birth of the nascent US electronics...
 
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1947 Wrist Lighter from Mechanix Illustrated

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2007-11-29 03:16:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
...Mechanix 1947 Issue of Mechanix Illustrated Check out my $100-$100,000 holiday gift guide!--> LINK Watchismo Blog | Watchismo Shop | Contact Us | Subscribe Subscribe to The Watchismo Times Enter your email Delivered by FeedBurner
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-Up

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2008-01-30 20:00:22 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix we have this very odd rotating toothbrush that takes two hands to use. I think I'll stick to my regular one. Ever wonder how transatlantic telephone cables are repaired when they break? In 1930 a Popular Science reporter got to ride along and found out that it's really quite a pain in the ass. This 1934 Modern Mechanix roundup of...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-Up

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2008-02-06 16:09:48 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Mechanix we learn how to make this photographic enlarger out of kitchen utensils. We also have a beautiful, color Popular Mechanics article from 1936 introducing us to a new era in railroading . Also in 1936, Modern Mechanix explored the LAPD's plans to win an arms race with local gangsters. Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt ran a furniture...
 
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Modern Mechanix Round-Up

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2008-02-07 18:14:06 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets