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Earl Dell Jr., 4, was excited about the experience of using one of the very first picture phones in December 1972. The phone was on display at the Museum of Science and Industry, touted as phone of the future.
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Radios began to shrink in size in the 1950s as the technology moved from vacuum tubes to transistors. Featured at the Museum of Science and Industry in September 1956 was a wrist radio that would make Dick Tracy proud.
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Before televisions were something that could be hung on a wall, they were elegant pieces of furniture that couldn’t be built fast enough in May 1950.
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In time for Christmas in 1988 was the Sony Video Walkman with about 100 movies, including Mel Gibson’s “Lethal Weapon,” available in the 8 mm format.
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To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the nation’s first commercial cellular system, right here in Chicago, Ameritech Mobile Communications showed off the latest technology in September 1985, a brief case telephone with a built-in transceiver.
Source: Chicagotribune.com
