These are some 80’s inventions that if you didn’t have them, you weren’t in anything, because they represented the latest technology.
Whether or not you have lived through this decade yourself, there is no doubt that you have a very clear image of those years in your head: Tousled hair, shoulder pads, cloth sweatbands, Madonna, Return to the future, etc. And the technology was something completely different from what we have today in our hands.
5 Inventions From The 80s That If You Didn’t Have, You Were Nothing
We became nostalgic to remember those inventions that were crazy at that time, what everyone wanted to have, but that few goteither because of price or because they were difficult to acquire in Latin America.
5. Polaroid camera
Long before cell phones, at the time of analog cameras, we had to wait 10 days for the photographic roll to be revealed and we could put together an album, but whoever had one of these cameras could see their images in seconds. The Sun 660 model, from 1981, was very popular.
(Yes, the star of this commercial, from 1983, was Dr. House.)
4. Apple Macintosh computer
If today everyone wants to have a Mac, at that time it was the same. In 1984 the apple company launched the first personal computer, the Macintosh 128K, which cost $2,495 (about $6,000 today). The most impressive thing is that the commercial was directed by Ridley Scott.
3. Synthesizer
During that decade, there was no adolescent who did not ask for one of these from the Niño Dios, although few obtained it. The Yamaha DX7 synthesizer brought together the best of both worlds: many professional features at an affordable price, making it one of the best-selling musical instruments of its time. It was manufactured from 1983 to 1986.
2. Casio watch calculator
Yes, just as you read it, at that time this calculator watch was crazy. And it is that in addition to seeing the time and doing calculations, it also had a stopwatch, calendar and alarm. At that time it was sold as a «smart watch».
1. Cell phone
Believe it or not, the cell phone is very old. Created in 1983, the Motorola DynatAC 8000X was the first cell phone (held with one hand) that could be marketed; however, it cost $4,000 and had a battery for a 30-60 minute call, after which it needed 8 hours to recharge.
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