Retro Tech (2019)
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Austin Evans as Self - YouTube Creator
Episodes 2
DYNATAC
The first ever cellular phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. It cost $10,295 in today’s dollars and had to charge for 10 hours just to make a 30 minute call. Without the DynaTAC, would we all have cellphones today? Marques dives into the history and impact of this piece of iconic tech and explores how its release led to our current cell phone obsessed culture. YouTube creators Austin Evans and Sara Dietschy join him to test out some other pieces of retro tech, like a pager and a lipstick cellphone.
Read MoreWearables
I’m looking at wearable tech and how it's developed over the years. I’m talking to Wyatt Cenac about everything from the first ever wearable computer glasses in 1984 to '90s cyber-fashion shows to the 21st century's Google Glass. I’m also joined by both Austin Evans and Michael Gregory to check out old sneaker tech.
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