Fresh from the BBC News comes a short video piece on failed Japanese gadgets for the home from the 1950s and 1960s that failed to take off.
Featured pieces include the 'walking' toaster and a ColorScope - a tri-color plastic screen that simulated color on a black and white television because color TV's were very expensive back in 1961 when color programming first came into vogue in Japan.
I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure I saw something akin to the ColorScope on television when I was watching an episode of Happy Days (a 1970s sitcom set during the late 1950s-early 1960s in Wisconsin, USA)... and I recall there being jokes about it.
As far as the 'walking' toaster - it looks cool, but I'm pretty sure it's just one more way for a kid to stick something they shouldn't into its opening. Let's face it... in this case, an extra six inches in height can mean the difference between safe and medical emergency.
Watch the video over at BBC News, and be sure to thank Matthew for the lead!
VIDEO
Thanks Matthew!
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
Featured pieces include the 'walking' toaster and a ColorScope - a tri-color plastic screen that simulated color on a black and white television because color TV's were very expensive back in 1961 when color programming first came into vogue in Japan.
I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure I saw something akin to the ColorScope on television when I was watching an episode of Happy Days (a 1970s sitcom set during the late 1950s-early 1960s in Wisconsin, USA)... and I recall there being jokes about it.
As far as the 'walking' toaster - it looks cool, but I'm pretty sure it's just one more way for a kid to stick something they shouldn't into its opening. Let's face it... in this case, an extra six inches in height can mean the difference between safe and medical emergency.
Watch the video over at BBC News, and be sure to thank Matthew for the lead!
VIDEO
Thanks Matthew!
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
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