“Ain’t no stopping us now, we’re on the move.” If technology had a theme song, I’m guessing that would be it… Depending on how old you are, you might immediately know what song I’m talking about. Or it might fly right over your head. It’s sort of the same with certain tech devices. You're either old enough to have encountered them. Or not. Technology is constantly on the move, evolving, canceling out the last, most modern thing. And there ain't no stopping it now.
It’s strange to even think there was once a time in history when mobile phones, laptops, air fryers, and AirPods didn’t exist. Some people back then were amazed back when a new big, bulky, black and white box television was released. Or when it became possible to speak to a friend far away, in real-time, using a dialing telephone. Imagine that.
As new tech gadgets constantly burst onto the scene, their forefathers often become obsolete. But that’s not to say they’ve been forgotten. People have been sharing their vintage tech finds; some are super interesting.
Bored Panda has put together a list of our favorites to take you on a nostalgic trip back in time. Upvote the ones that intrigue you and let us know in the comments how many of these you've actually seen in real life. You'll also find an article between the images that explains why you should never just dump your old gadgets in the trash.
#1 I Make Drawings Using The Letters And Numbers From Old / Unwanted Typewriters And Here’s One That I Created On Location In The Picturesque Village Of Finchingfield
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#2 Philco Predicta Television From The Late 1950s
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#3 My Pride And Joy
Here’s my collection’s centerpiece. An original Attract Model Countertop Gameboy Store Kiosk.
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#4 I Found A Clear Green Ps2 That Matches My Zenith Crt
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#5 1970 Grundig Space Age Super Color TV
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#6 Top Of The List Of Things I Don't Need: A Vintage Rotary Dial Phone. For $1.99 I Couldn't Resist It. (Houston, Tx)
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#7 Vintage Pac-Man Phone Estate Sale Find
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#8 Vintage Singer Gritzner Sewing Machine?
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#9 (Nearly) 87 Year Old Crt TV
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#10 One-Wheel Motorcycle, Germany, 1925
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#11 Opinions?
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#12 The Seiko TV Watch, 1982. Technology Ahead Of Its Time
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#13 Computron, The Peak Of Technology
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#14 Vintage Vacuum Cleaner
A strange and bulky-looking contraption, this odd machine was once the pinnacle of household cleaning technology. The vintage vacuum cleaner was manufactured by Volvac and designed by David Edward Davies in around 1909.
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#15 Vintage Zenith Space Command Remote. Always Liked The Look And It’s Amazing Technology That Requires No Batteries
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#16 I Found My Holy Grail
So excited to own this beautiful machine. Gonna be watching Shrek and playing Shrek super party every night.
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#17 A Old Laptop My Friends Grandfather Owned
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#18 Just Got The Coolest Vintage Hi-Tech Phone That I Ever Had
NEC N-01A. Also chose it because of ability of using without hypersim (software unlock) It has a lot of interesting settings and cool features. It will be cool to try it as a main phone for a while.
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#19 Saw This At The Hospital Today And Really Wanted To Share It Somewhere
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#20 After More Than 80 Years Of Operation It Has Been Abandoned, Waiting For Better Tomorrow
This Broadcast Center Controlled Transmissions Of Television And Radio Signals To A Central Part Of Europe And It Was Equipped With Emergency Broadcast Studios And Diesel Generators In Case Of Power Failure
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#21 Found This At A Thrift Store Should I Pick It Up?
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#22 Are You This Old?
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#23 Original Kindle Sentient?
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#24 Technology Of The Future, Today!
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#25 Speakers Are Not In The Picture, These Are Definitive Technology Sm45 Whic Sound Fantastic! (The Whole Set Does, Only The Lowest Shelf Is More For Fun)
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#26 Gba In N64 Controller
Yup this was though but screen is a GameBoyMicro one.
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#27 My Dad's 2-Way Pager (From 1990's?) Still Works Too
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#28 My Grandfather's Seiko Rc-4000 Watch From 1985. The "Most Advanced, Hight Tech" Watch For Its Time That Connected To The Apple II Computer
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#29 1961 Sony TV In A 2005 Honda
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#30 Cool Old Photo Viewer
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#31 Ziggy On Our Vintage Radio Rentals Radio
We have a few vintage radios around the house. Ziggy loves to sit on them.
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#32 Vintage Printing Calculator Dr-8420 V
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#33 My Media Class Still Has Old Crt's And Recording Equipment From 93. All Still Functional
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#34 This Old Jaguar Still Has Its Car Phone
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#35 My New-To-Me Car Came With This Bad Boy Installed
They actually have it L-bracketed down, the audio hooked to the radio, and have it wired to the ignition.
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#36 Endgame Achieved: Vintage Pizza Hut Cans With Matching Radio
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#37 Just Found My Old Tamagotchi’s
I was cleaning through some stuff and found them in a bag! I’m so excited. The purple and pink one was my main back when they first came out.
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#38 Sony Network Walkman Nw-E75
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#39 My Friday Vibe: Browsing The Web On A Heavily-Upgraded Macintosh Se/30
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#40 I Finished My Crt Wall
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