Comments on: 11 “Modern” Technologies That Are Way Older Than You Think

By: DeLuxe

DeLuxe — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:34:19 +0000

@ drew northcott
Indeed, I was just about to say that!
Oh, and what about the safety lock & key? Invented in Mesopotamia, if I’m not mistaken…

By: Chris W

Chris W — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:14:39 +0000

Really cool article on that website

By: teqjack

teqjack — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:21:02 +0000

I did not know about that early video game, but I should have suspected. As a fledgling IT student in 1965 my class visited the Submarine Warfare computer center at the Naval War College in Newport, and they had a two-player sim pitting subs against each other and firing torpedoes. Fun game, even if it was actually very serious business – I think it was used to study various torpedo formats, among other things.

By: drew northcott

drew northcott — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:51:24 +0000

They missed out the fax machine (Alexander Bain, 1843)

By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:59:43 +0000

I knew the video game thing, and yes, the name is what turned people off. Not that “Pong” was much better.