Retro Archive

  • Gallery of The Meanest and Lamest Supercomputers

    Gallery of The Meanest and Lamest Supercomputers

    Going on Royal Pingdom’s latest gallery, there are two schools of supercomputer design. First, we have the kick-ass, retro-future Death Star category, which includes the The Connection Machine 5 (above), a machine so cool-looking that it actually had a minor role in the movie Jurassic Park. It wasn’t just flashing lights, though. The CM-5 had [...]

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  • Old-school USB vacuum is tiny, really works

    Old-school USB vacuum is tiny, really works

    USB vacuumPlease observe a fully-working, tiny USB-powered retro vacuum cleaner. It looks cool! Hope you live in the UK, though, as this £7.99 ($13) bit of fun costs a whopping £33.00 ($55) to ship to the US. If you simply must have the best in tiny USB-powered vacuum cleaners, though, you won't let a $55 shipping charge stand in your way.

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