Old technology

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What's a good example of a really old technology we still use today?

What are some of your favorite classic inventions?

 

[DrLeftover]

 

[Crusader]

I still watch the odd VHS every now and then. I also listen to a lot of vinyl.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I still watch the odd VHS every now and then

Me too. I have tons of tapes!

 

[DrLeftover]

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Doc your first image isnt working. Might be helpful if you use words to communicate.

 

[Evil Eye]

Favourites? Well, those first two are rather nice... as well as domestication and architecture.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

How is fire a technology? It's something that can naturally occur

 

[Evil Eye]

Hmm, true. It's not so much about the fire itself as the means of controlling it.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I have an 8 track player in my bedroom that I STILL use as a radio. Don't have any 8 tracks though.

 

[fantanoice]

I use cups tied together with string to communicate.

But seriously.
- Telephone
- Radio
- Television
- Standard household appliances that are old

 

[DrLeftover]

Fire was not "invented". But the control, and use, and ability to make it on demand, were. Exactly the same as electricity and running water.

And the use of fire is one of the defining moments in what divides 'man' from everything that walked the planet before.

As the image in the post was of an artificially produced blaze, and not a forest fire sparked by lightning or a volcanic eruption, then yes, it belongs on the list.

As does what the use of fire enabled.

 

[~KAGE-008]

An old stereo system which still works, I use it to listen to radio.