令人难以置信的过去的技术，如今看起来很奇怪

令人难以置信的过去的技术，如今看起来很奇怪

Twenty years ago, you would have been the coolest kid on the block for carrying a Nokia 3310. But time flies and technological innovation accelerates along with it. Today, we live in a world ruled by touch screens, face recognition, and machine learning, so imagine what the technology was like a century ago, or two.

20年前，如果你带着诺基亚3310手机，你会成为街区里最酷的孩子。但时光飞逝，技术创新也在加速。今天，我们生活在一个由触摸屏、人脸识别和机器学习统治的世界，所以想象一下一个或两个世纪前的技术是什么样的。

In order to find out, we’re taking you on a historical roller coaster to see what ancient technologies defined the future a hundred years ago. From motorized roller-skate salesmen in 1961, aka the proud ancestors of today’s hoverboards, to giant mechanical tricycles from 1896 and orgone accumulators of the '50s, these are some of the most interesting retro-historical devices.

为了找到答案，我们带你坐上历史过山车，看看一百年前古老的科技是如何定义未来的。从1961年的电动轮滑销售员，也就是今天的悬浮滑板的祖先，到1896年的巨型机械三轮车和50年代的orgone累加器，这些都是最有趣的复古设备。

Some were truly incredible, others look kinda cool, and the rest… make you think "what on earth were they thinking?"

有些真的很不可思议，有些看起来很酷，剩下的……让你想“他们到底在想什么?”

#1 300 Year Old Library Tool That Enabled A Researcher To Have Seven Books Open At Once, Yet Conveniently Nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)

有300年历史的图书馆工具，可以让研究人员同时打开七本书，而且很方便(普埃布拉Palafoxiana图书馆)

#2 350 Year Old Pocket Watch Carved From A Single Colombian Emerald

350年的怀表，由一颗哥伦比亚祖母绿雕刻而成

#3 In 1955, This Tiny Electric Narrow Gauge Train Was Installed In New York’s Holland Tunnel To Monitor Traffic Speed

1955年，纽约荷兰隧道安装了这种小型电动窄轨列车，以监控交通速度

#4 A British Couple Sleeps Inside A "Morrison Shelter” Used As Protection From Collapsing Homes During The WWII 'Blitz' Bombing Raids...

一对英国夫妇睡在“莫里森避难所”里，这个避难所是二战“闪电战”轰炸中用来保护倒塌的房屋的。

#5 Robo-Vac, A Self-Proppeled Vacuum Cleaner Part Of Whirlpool’s Miracle Kitchen Of The Future, A Display At The 1959 American National Exhibition In Moscow, 1959

1959年在莫斯科举行的美国国家展览上展出的惠而浦未来神奇厨房的一部分——自动支撑式真空吸尘器

#6 The World's Oldest Surviving Diving Suit: The Old Gentleman, From 1860

世界上现存最古老的潜水衣:1860年的“老绅士”

#7 Philco Predicta Television From The Late 1950s

20世纪50年代末Philco对电视的预测

#8 Motorola Vice President John F. Mitchell Showing Off The Dynatac Portable Radio Telephone In New York City In 1973

1973年，摩托罗拉副总裁约翰·米切尔在纽约展示Dynatac便携式无线电话

#9 Kodak K-24 Camera, Used For Aerial Photography During Ww2 By The Americans

柯达K-24相机，二战期间被美国人用于航空摄影

#10 One-Wheel Motorcycle, Germany, 1925

单轮摩托车，德国，1925年

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