MK Zero @themkzero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"BEHOLD! I've created a device for changing things at a distance!" What does it work on? "....I dunno yet!" 020
Paul Hetzler @paulhetzler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In the following year, the same person invented the electronic key fob for cars. It was remarkably similar to the ones we have today, though it was also made out of wood. At the time, he just thought men needed more stuff in their trousers pockets. 010
Bruno Richard Martínez Olazábal Viavicencios @donbrunodelamancha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another 50 years before IR receivers caught up to IR transponders to make them useful. 040
SJ Sarah @thedarlingclem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Television would have been invented decades earlier, but Biden prevented it. 140
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026of course! it was for the Chicago World's Fair. but it's utility was unobserved by the scandal sheets of the day. i'll see if i can find a picture of it in use! brb 020
Your friendly neighborhood Eli @elithek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Honey, the 20th Century is going to be *crazy*! Look at this... HDMI 1. How many HDMI ports are people gonna have in 1958?" 020
The Color of Television @coloroftelevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It was originally a fidget toy for dads. 130
JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Eustace, what is that contraption you're making?" "You'll see. . ." 170
Skeletired @skeletired.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The first TV prototype was on the Titanic and they had to start over from scratch. 130
Dan Beaton 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @danbeaton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026 da Vinci actually specifically predicted this and the timeline about the remote and tvs 📺 in his journals, alongside his prediction that humanity would be exponentially lazier and ignorant, and unquantifiably dumber and meaner and violent in the millennia to follow. 121
Zak @zaktinoid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Before 1893, people used to stand up from their sofa every 10 minutes, walk to an empty corner of their living room, and poke at the air for no reason at all. 260
Artm💫💫n @legoutervivre111.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#boggytornoi Winkersstatic.klipy.comCute Cat Sleeping PeacefullyAlt: Cute Cat Sleeping Peacefully 140
Ryusui @theryusui.bsky.social · 27/09/2026i was surprised to learn that the earliest TV remotes used ultrasonic tones instead of IR ...and funnily enough, we have, in fact, had the technology to produce ultrasonic tones since the late 19th century so...yeah, someone could in theory have built an (old-fashioned) TV remote before television 030
