We are living today in a Digital Era, immersed in the most modern devices that benefit humanity like never before. Nonetheless, some old fashion tech tools were better than todays in a lot of ways. We miss them! Checkout on this article five examples of antiquated products that were amazing for its time!
Indeed, it's important to say that technology is related to some equipment, services and tools which become old and are switched to developed innovations. In this regard, antique products lose their popularity or even cease to exist, in the passage of time, but that doesn't mean that they were worse than today´s.
In addition, not all of these actualizations are unanimous, a lot of people miss their old tools and defend that they were better than new technology gadgets developed nowdays. Maybe you have some of them in your closet. I can say that I prefer to use my record player to hear some music than my computer, for example.
Maybe I am nostalgic, but I would say that so are you. Do you remember old video games like Atari, Odyssey, Nintendo and Megadrive? To me they were better than all these hightech disposables with all the cool graphics and high speed, because in the past, they were more human, I think, with good stories and great music.
I got a clock radio in the 90's and use it even today. It is beside my bed and I wake up every morning with it. Smart speakers are very used nowadays, they are tools which use artificial intelligence, like Alexia. The old gadgets were more objective, and they used to inform us the hour without all this unnecessary information. I need to wake up, I don't care about the weather!!!
In the old days I used to rent a movie on a video store which allowed me to rent five of them on a roll and I paid monthly the same as the new streaming service. Remember Blockbuster? They were great, it was a good opportunity to go out, get a video and talk to other people. Nowadays we get all in the comfort of our houses, but there's no more opportunity to talk with strangers about the new Steven Spilberg movie.
Do you remember in the late 90's and beginning of the 20´s the old MSN Messenger? In those days when we got a new message, the app would make a specific sound, notifying us that someone was trying to talk. Today we have Whatsapp doing the same job but without the charm of the antique software.
Well I can say that a broom is not a technology tool but it is better than all these Robot Vacuum Cleaners in the market. They are great, everybody is using them, but they aren't perfect, the house still needs some assistance after we use it. Maybe someday we will have the housekeeper of the Jetsons Family!
Money, yeah, we developed digital currency, and it is very useful, in a lot of ways. But I don't know what happens with the digital coin if we don't have electric energy. I don't even know how it works with all these money chains, and tools to make more of them. I like the traditional metal coin to put in my pocket or save money on my pig bank.