Tag: Wayback Machine
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1974: Arthur C. Clarke On The Uses of Computers in the Home
The science fiction author and visionary nails it at a time when the so-called experts didn't see it coming.
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Roll Your Own Mobile Home
Here is an interesting idea for a prefabricated home: It's spherical and can be rolled to your site.
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Winston Churchill's Flying Bed Might Make Sense Today
Why heat and cool your whole house when you are asleep in just a small part of it?
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Even in the 1940s, If A Cyclist Got Killed They Blamed the Victim
This cycling manual would actually be hilarious if anything had ever changed for the better, but it hasn't.
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100 Years Ago Today: Robert Falcon Scott Reaches The South Pole
An incredible photograph of some not very happy explorers, as they find the Norwegian flag at the South Pole
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1912's Race to the South Pole: Who Were the Players in the Great Race?
Some were there for the science; others for the glory. They all suffered through savage journeys in order to discover unchartered territory.
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1912's Race to the South Pole: The Heroes of the Great Era of Antarctic Exploration
Some were there for the science; others for the glory. They all suffered through savage journeys in order to discover unchartered territory.
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One Hundred Years Ago Today: Scott Going South To the Pole, Amundsen Going North and Home
Kieran Muvany of Discovery News explains the difference in the two campaigns; One is doing a race, the other is doing science
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Transformer Furniture Is So One Hundred Years Ago: Dresser Turns Into Desk
There is nothing new under the sun, as we try out a desk that disappears
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A Moveable Feast: We Like Ike's Partio Portable Kitchen and Barbeque
President Eisenhower called his rolling kitchen "the most fantastic thing you ever saw."
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100 Years Ago Today: Roald Amundsen Stands On The South Pole
Lessons from Amundsen: travel fast and light with a small footprint.
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Ice Cube On Eames: "They was doing mashups before mashups even existed."
The Rapper on the lessons he has learned from architecture and the Eameses.
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Vision of the City of the Future From 1950 Is Not That Far Off From the Reality of the Present
Men are still at the office and women are still in the kitchen, but what a kitchen it is, with melting plates and instant food.
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How To Go Green: Halloween
Our Guide from a couple of years ago is still relevant. How to celebrate it on the cheap.
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Michael Jantzen's Amazing 1981 Modular Steel Dome House (Slideshow)
Lately we've been covering some of the amazing early work by designer Michael Jantzen (see how the Retro 1970s Solar Vacation House by Michael Jantzen is Still Relevant).
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The Story Of Sprawl: How Cars Ate America (Video Review)
In 1966 Woody Allen released his first movie, What's Up Tiger Lily, that some people think is his best. He took a Japanese gangster movie and dubbed over a hilariously funny sound track of his own.
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Mobile, Collapsible Shed That You Can Carry On The Roof Of Your Car
People keep pushing the limits of small spaces, and tiny houses are a big thing. Modern Mechanix shows us yet another wonderful design from the 1930s, what looks like a complete liveable shed that folds up onto the roof of a car.
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Retro 1970s Solar Vacation House by Michael Jantzen is Still Relevant (Slideshow)
Image Credit: Michael Jantzen Michael Jantzen is best known for his M-House and his other transformer houses that have been everywhere on the net, but on his website is a link to some of his older projects, from the seventies, and he did amazing work.
