8 Gadgets From The 70s You Just Can't Forget


(#) First Digital Watch

The Hamilton Pulsar was the first LED solid-state digital watch. It was retailed for just $2,100. It is worth to mention that the world's first all-electronic digital watch was manufactured with 18-carat gold case. It used a digital display built-in with light emitting diodes (LEDs).

 In 1975, a digital Pulsar with a built-in calculator was introduced; a small button was pressed to display the time. Today Pulsar watches are usually analog.

(#) Atari 2600

Atari 2600 is a video game console that was released in September 1977 by Atari.  It is well recognized for making use of microprocessor-based hardware and ROM cartridges that included game code.

Many of the present games might give you a feeling of virtual reality nowadays, but none could give you the ecstatic feeling of playing "Pong" on an Atari 2600, which was first launched in 1977.

There were more than 30 million Atari 2600 Units sold till the year 2004.

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