Technological advances happen so quickly that it’s almost impossible to keep up. If you told someone in the 1990s even that folks today would be texting from their watches and watching TV on their phones, they might look at you as though you’d grown another head. And if you were to compare some of today’s modern devices with their early iterations, you probably wouldn’t even be able to tell what’s what. Want to find out how much you know about outdated appliances? Read on to test your knowledge and see if you can figure out what these old household objects were originally used for.
What’s this crank-operated machine?
Hint: You probably used to use one of these every day in school.
Answer: A calculator!
Long before battery-powered calculators were staples in classrooms, these analog devices were the easiest way to add things up.
