10 Habitual Things That Have Changed Incredibly Over Time

A few decades ago, people couldn’t even think of a laptop or a touchscreen phone, because the first computer barely fit in a room and cell phones were a luxury item, with a very different form factor than today. Check this post!

O awesome.club invites you to step into a time machine and see what they used to look like, the moment they came into being, some of the usual things today.

The first irons appeared in ancient Greece, and they weren’t even that, but just hot metal sticks🇧🇷 In Russia, this function was performed by a wooden roller, in which the clothes were wrapped in a fluted plate. The usual artifacts that remind us of iron as we know it today appeared in Europe in the 18th century. They were loaded with coal or heated on the stove. And made of cast iron, weighing 5 pounds or more.

Thanks to green screen and computer graphics, it is possible to make a movie by creating or recreating impossible things or cities that no longer exist. Sometimes a team of several hundred people works on creating a single tape. The first films were primitive, done in one go and no assembly, no camera pans or lighting🇧🇷 And the operator himself, then, played the role of both director and operator, editor and director of photography.

Cave paintings suggest that the first razor blades appeared in the prehistoric era. were made of sharp teeth of animals or sea shellswhich were later replaced by flint knives🇧🇷 In the first millennium BC, they were already in use and practically did not change until the mid-19th century. The usual blades for us today, with multi-blade refills, entered the market not too long ago, in the 70’s.

Modern hard drives can hold terabytes of information and store millions of files. At first, they used magnetic tapes or punched cards🇧🇷 But one of the options was, of course, the floppy disk. It could only store a few photos, but how many memories!

In 1940, the first Nimatron slot machine appeared. More or less decent graphics appeared 20 years later, in 1961, with the game Spacewar. This was a schematic representation of two spaceships fighting in a pixel sky. Over time, creators also learned to model faces based on real people. For example, this is the case with Max Payne, whose design was based on the game’s screenwriter Sam Lake.

Continuing in the field of data storage, the camera’s flash drive now fits on a finger. But there was a time when it was very complicated, was attached to the top of the camera replacing its cover and carried on a special metal cassette tape. This device weighed a lot and, moreover, it was uncomfortable to hold with your hands.

Strollers appeared in the 18th century in England. They differed markedly from what is customary today. the cart was a small copy of the adult carriages, being necessary to use a pony or a donkey to pull it🇧🇷 It was only possible to sit on them.

The first mass portable computer appeared not so long ago, in 1981. Weighed 11 kilos and cost nearly $2,000. Its RAM memory was 64 KB and had three ports (including a modem connection) and a 5-inch monochrome screen.

The touchscreen was invented in the United States in 1972 as part of a study on programmed learning. It consisted of a 16 by 16 block infrared grid. Even such low accuracy allowed the user to choose the answer by pressing in the right place. And after 10 years, the company Elographics introduced the world to a touch screen television. But unfortunately, the panels with the sensor did not reach the consumer market for a long time, although they were used in medicine.

Looking at the cosmetological devices of the last century, one might think that they were tools of torture. But it was just from freckle freezers and pore opening masks🇧🇷 Modern cosmetology has come a long way. There are no longer those terrible and heavy machines, and some procedures can be carried out quietly at home.

What products from the past have you found most strange and unusual? We are interested in hearing from you! You can leave it to us in the comments of this post.