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A landscape shot from the 1982 cult-classic Blade Runner. The movie takes place in an imagined Los Angeles in the year 2019. The movie is known for its distinct aesthetic, and the introduction of cyberpunk themes to broader markets. Beyond this, the…

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Rube Goldberg machines(which get their namesake from the cartoonist) feature a blend of simple machines meant to work in synchronicity to accomplish a task. From "The Goonies" to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", multiple 80s movies featured these…

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The system which defined the fourth generation of gaming consoles, the Sega Genesis pulled the industry into the 16-bit era. Sparking the first "console war" with the SNES, the two companies fought through a series of marketing campaigns. The Genesis…

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Founded in 1984, Silicon Graphics was a high-performance computer manufacturer which led the industry in 3D graphics software and workstations. SGI's computers focused on pushing the limits on what was possible for computer graphics, with built-in 3D…

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The picture is of a 1988 Discman made by Sony a few years after they made the Walkman. The Discman was just like the Walkman only it could play CDs. CDs first came out in 1982 and quickly became popular due to their slimmer appearance and easier to…

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The 1980s experienced a new emergence of music such as dance music, pop, electronic, and others. The picture featured shows one of the most popular artists during the 1980s and his style of clothing and dance.  The music in the 80s shifted away from…

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Above is the time machine used in "Back to the Future", a retrofitted DeLorean DMC-12. Early on, the DMC-12 was marketed as an inexpensive sports car, unfortunately for DeLorean however, the number of presales for the car gave them the idea to hike…

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The 80s saw the emergence of computer-generated imagery(CGI) within films. The first of which to feature large amounts of CGI scenes being "Tron"(1982), a movie perhaps more widely known for the arcade-cabinet game of the same name. Tron has a…

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The increase in state-of-the-art consumer-grade technology entering the market gave some filmmakers the inspiration to appeal to the Luddites of old. The shot above is from "Superman III"(1983) which features an evil corporate computer that turns…

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The picture shows all of the vinyl's that WBAP- Tv station in Texas had and would use during air time in 1971. Vinyl records have been around since 1948 and have revolutionized the way people use to listen to music in their homes. Vinyl record…
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