15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

These are the dinosaurs of the tech world -- if dinosaurs were still around.
15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

"It's 2020. Where is my flying car?" we yell into our pocket computers that interface with a planet-spanning data network. We often don't realize it, but we live in a science fiction world -- and like in many a sci-fi setting, ancient technologies we thought lost lurk about in hidden recesses.

Unlike sci-fi, however, these relics aren't likely to be a MacGuffin in any thrilling plot (The Hunt for the Lost VHS Tape doesn't exactly sound like edge-of-your-seat action), but they might give you a slight pang of nostalgia for a better (or at least more analog) past.

15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date
Source: The New York Times
15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date
Source: Vox
15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date
Source: New York Daily News
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