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Steampunk iPad: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 11:51am.
Circa 1922, the Fiske Reading Machine in the hand of its inventor, Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske. Where's the Home button on this thing? View full size.
Eye strain.
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 4:50pm.
This doesn't look at all uncomfortable... or ridiculous.
Abolish Bulky Volumes! Abolish, I Say!
Submitted by Jimmie on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 8:24am.
Wanted to find more information about Fiske's marvelous machine and ran across this article in The Miami News, March 30, 1926.
New and improved
Submitted by kreriver on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 1:11pm.
The Fiske machine lost its appeal when the first Kindle hit the market. Odd, isn’t it, that we’ve heard so little about these devices? Surely they sold by the millions.
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