Monday, June 19, 2023

Brain Exercises!

From my exhaustive perusal of the classic American rag National Lampoon, I came across these two examples of then-high tech.
                                 
This brain was advertised in the November 1973 issue.  Before you scoff too much, remember that this was less than five years after Apollo 11's trip to the Moon.  A hand calculator was a BIG DEAL!
See how far we came in only six years?  This Voice Chess Challenger was offered in the December 1979 issue.

Which leads me to wonder, how soon before your own much-vaunted iDevices are scorned as veritable Stone Age-type tools by your own future selves or children?
  

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