[vmelkon]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/category/from-the-archives/

Stuff I didn't know. Color TV invented in 1929.

Pay Per Vue in 1947 with descramble signal coming through the phone line.

Something that looks like a LCD TV in 1954.

Color VCR.

Flat screen TV in 1958.

Answering machine in 1924.

Fax machine via air waves in encrypted form.

High definition fax machine to telegraph your boyfriend a kiss.

The first color fax machine in 1947.

(Those faxes are over the air faxes, not through telephone wire.)

Double barrel cigarette holder.

and my favorite is the PC vs Mac commercial from Apple corporation in 1901
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/05/new-radio-pen-reproduces-pictures-put-on-the-air/