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You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”
Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.
Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.
The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!
Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.
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This month we are giving away an Epson Artisan 700 printer. This is a wireless printer /scanner with CD/DVD printing capability. Here are all the options:
- 4 in 1 Print / Copy / Scan / Ultra Hi-Def Photo
- Up to 38 ppm, photos in as fast as 10 sec1
- Auto Photo Correction; preview on LCD
- Professional quality CD/DVD printing
- Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking
- Scan and restore faded photos
- Ultra Hi-Definition photos last 4x longer than photo lab prints
- Print personal note paper & greeting cards
There are three parts to this contest.
- Follow on Twitter – @geekazine
- Comment below with your twitter name
- In the next few weeks, during the Quickcast – Week in Tech History podcast (published on Mondays), I will announce the third requirement.
- Check out the latest quickcast on this – we give you the 3rd step – a codeword to enter in twitter. #geekazine rocks.
On June 30th, we will draw a winner from all the names recieved (randomizer on the comment list). We will have other prizes as well, to be announced later.
Good Luck!
Video explaination:
Press release here: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1243448369.html
6 Comments »Andy McCaskey talks with Chris about the LG products. Included were the Blu-Ray player with live streaming capabilities. Chris also talks about BD Live – ability to become social because of a movie.
Andy and Chris on LG
Andy and Chris also talk about a Blu-Ray Player with a WiFi capability. Home Links would tie in with a Laptop or anything on the home network. Finally they talk about CinemaNow and YouTube service.
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