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This Incredibly Popular Tech Was Nearly a Total Failure. Now It’s Everywhere.
Slate· 21 minutes agoThe hype about new technologies often follows a predictable pattern. Barcode technology was first patented in 1949, but the barcodes we know today have their roots in a 1970s initiative spearheaded by the grocery industry.
Man buys 1970s train for £1 to save it from scrap
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe 507001 was restored to British Rail blue and grey colour to commemorate its long service [The Class 507 Preservation Society] A rail enthusiast has...
Metro blames 1970s signal equipment for Red Line delays ahead of summer closures
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 1 day agoMetro officials apologized Tuesday for delays along the Red Line at both the Wheaton and Forest Glen...
Longtime Nevada federal judge Larry Hicks struck by car, dies
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 8 hours agoHicks was also elected and served as Washoe County district attorney in the 1970s, a position his...
Ernie Barnes Paints What It Feels Like to Move
New York Times· 58 minutes agoThe second thing you notice about an Ernie Barnes painting might be its vibrant color scheme. If the painting is “The Sugar Shack,” you might recognize it from an appearance on the ...
Meet the Jewish grandmother who ran New York’s gritty 1970s porn scene
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn unlikely figure dominated the adult entertainment theater scene in New York City in the 1970s and...
How bones, skulls and feathers illustrate an anthology of neglected stories
CNN via Yahoo News· 55 minutes agoThese are not paintings of landscapes but rather paintings of songs of landscapes. Less well known,...
Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly founding member and singer of 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,' dead at 78
Fox News via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoDoug Ingle, founding member and singer of Iron Butterfly, passed away on May 24. Ingle was 78 and...
The pro-choice movement that could help Joe Biden in November
The Economist· 59 minutes agoIn the century since then, American women have steadily accumulated rights. In the 1970s no-fault divorce laws and Roe v Wade gave women more choices that had been denied ...
Lakers legends pay tribute to Bill Walton after his death
Lebron Wire via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoOn Monday, the NBA world lost a giant figure when Bill Walton passed away at the age of 71 due to...
