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Dec 18, 2022

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Jan 4

How did a cartoonist from 1923 accurately predict the AI of 2023?

Jan 21

After years of FOIA requests, I finally found footage of the test.

Jan 3

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Jan 9

"Hav u ever considerd th meny benefits ov a simplified fonetic speling that soundz just liek it's riten?"

Jan 24

"Steinmetz says four hours is a day’s work. The boss says it is hard to get a man to work that long.”

Jan 25

We take a look at bizarre medical gadgets from the 1920s, a Space Age kitchen from 1958, and much more.

Feb 11

The Panoram Soundies existed before the proliferation of television, meaning they existed as a kind of communal small-screen entertainment before TV…

Jan 22

Members at Paleofuture+ now have exclusive access to every Closer Than We Think newspaper comic strip from 1958 to 1963.

Jan 23

From 1980s nostalgia to another flying car company biting the dust, these were the articles you may have missed.

Feb 26

This week we looked at how TV tech was going to transform war, the fancy runways of the 1920s, what robotic pets should smell like, and more.

Jan 27

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