roundup

Today on Modern Mechanix we learn all about video games this Popular Electronics round-up called “New 1978 Electronic Games” which features the Atari 2600, Coleco’s Telstar Arcade, the Magnavox Odyssey, and many others you’ve probably never heard of. Reading the technical breakdowns of the platforms I couldn’t help but think that any of these machines would get clocked by a Wii… remote. We looked at the origins of in-flight refueling, a child’s mono-wheel racer that looks like it comes from the Victorian era, yet strongly resembles this device that Joel posted last week, a very modern looking TV camera used during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and a test to see if your child has any musical ability that would make it worth spending the money to send them to piano lessons. We also learned how to send music over a beam of light, and how to turn the back seat of your car into a comfortable bed.