Saturday, November 26, 2011

Coach class, 1937

A little known aeronauttical fact is that the Russians invented economy air travel.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Dynasphere, 1932

This one wheeled car, or unicycle, was named The Dynasphere by its inventor, Dr JH Purves. It travels at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour (50kmh) and is steered by leaning to one side or the other.

Frankly, I don't know why he named it the dynasphere. Or why he invented it.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Mobile phone, 1940

Here it is folks, the world's first mobile phone!

This is the upgraded model with video component.