I like the one that looks like a laptop crossed with an Apple IIc. It’s like a beautiful counterpart to those 80s Amstrad luggables.
Boy, we absolutely could not imagine a future without diskette drives. 😂
Floppies were the most ubiquitous storage device for a while so it’s no surprise. Nowadays it could be a few USB type A ports. We’re slowly switching to USB type C but type A has now been standard for around two decades.
Damn, that phone prototype is crazy-small for the 1980s – it looks like a Motorola Razr V3 (2004)!
Even if it were just a cordless landline phone (with less demanding hardware than a cellular phone), battery size would be a problem because lithium-ion hadn’t been invented yet. I’m not sure Ni-Cd batteries that thin ever existed.
Probably intended to run on a pair of CR2032s or something. With an uptime of two days idle.
Man, these are absolutely beautiful pieces of design
Hey thanks for sharing this stuff is pretty neat
I myself was born in 93. Can still appreciate prototypes from before my time.
Well… I’m just trying to make a joke and nothing comes to mind lmao
I am born in 2007. Can still appreciate prototypes from before my dad was born. XD
100% would have believed that first picture was AI if you told me
How do you know it isn’t?
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