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Cassette Futurism
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Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community.
A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.
Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.
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Source: VN Commodore I.P Proposal (Glen.H, flickr)
A cheaper simpler version was produced.
The version produced (source: VN Commodore I.P Proposal (Glen.H, flickr))
Found via cassette futurism collection (Samuel, Pinterest)
I think this is the model: [Holden Commodore (VN) (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VN))
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"Science Fiction Monthly 1974-02" ("Gray Matters cover") by Tony [Anthony] Roberts
(wearethemutantsdotcom.files.wordpress.com)
Source: ‘Science Fiction Monthly’ Cover Gallery, 1974 – 1976
Artist ISFDB*: Tony Roberts: Summary Bibliography
* Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Brought up (on reddit) by u/ihahp.
More info: Wikipedia PXL2000
1987 Video ad from reddit comment.
Picture found on Cámara Pixelvision (IDIS) [Spanish] with another picture.
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The plant was opened on the 80s, but the picture is probably a recent one.
Source: The untold story of the architect who turned Spain’s modernist power plants into art
Image caption:
Aboño thermal power plant, Aboño valley between the municipalities of Gijón and Carreño, opened 1980, owned by EDP. Photography: Luis Asín
From the article:
Deep in the Cantabrian Mountains, some 150 kilometres away from his hometown Oviedo in northern Spain, a young Joaquín Vaquero Palacios (1900-1998) used to travel around on horseback with his father, one of the founders of the Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico company (now part of the EDP group). (...)
Found via cassette futurism collection (Samuel, Pinterest)
Spanish Wikipedia: Joaquín Vaquero Palacios
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The first ever digital camera, built in 1975 by Eastman Kodak engineer Steve Sasson. It weighed 8 pounds (~3.6kg) and recorded 100x100 pixel photos to a cassette tape.
(static01.nyt.com)
More info:
- An image from the original digital camera on the prototype digital playback system, accodirg to NYTimes.
- Stephen Sasson of Eastman Kodak Invents the Digital Camera : History of Information
- Wikipedia: Steven Sasson - First self-contained digital camera
- Kodak’s First Digital Moment (Lens blog - NYTimes - WebArchive)
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Source with more (not-so-cassette-futuristic) images: Traveller Art by Arne Niklas Jansson (AndroidArts)
Traveller is an old science-fiction roleplaying game released soon after D&D (...). Initially it was more of a generic rule system without much in the way of illustrations, but over the years a vast fleshed outsetting was developed for it, and the lore now covers multiple time periods which means you'll have to pick a time period to play, weighing what bits you like or feel were a lore mistake.
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Traveller Communicator based on the one in the Grand Census supplement. Unsure what the second screen is. Maybe readable monochrome, for displaying settings and such. Or a persistent e-paper display? Slide-out top screen could be used for Augmented Reality HUD stuff as it's clear. The device is probably about the size of the original Game Boy. Nowadays we wouldn't design a clunky device like this, with specialized tactile knobs and stuff. But it might make sense in the field.
Artist's Mastodon. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@androidarts
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Source: PATCH ██-█8-██:0█ (by junk boy - ArtStation)
ArtStation profile: https://www.artstation.com/junkboy
RSS Feed: https://junkboy.artstation.com/rss
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Source with more images: Apollo 11 Data Acquisition Camera (by Neil Houari - ArtStation):
The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia" was equipped with this automatic Maurer 16mm data acquisition camera (DAC), designed to operate at several speeds while documenting technical aspects of the mission.
Around 15k tris.
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Source with more images: Canon DCC Camera (by Rustam Shaikhlislamov - ArtStation):
Fictional prop.
Searching for "Digital Compact Cassette" portable, I found the (very cool) Sony TCD-D10 (source with more images and specifications: Hifi Speaker Wiki). It wouldn't surprise me if it was part of the mood-board for this project, or even its main inspiration.
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Source with more images: "DEATHLOOP" - Hackamajig (by Maxime Goichot - ArtStation):
The Hackamajig is a device that allows Colt to hack turrets, sensors, security shutters or even unlock doors
It's a first person asset used by the player throughout the game
The hackamajig is made out of two parts, a walkie-talkie and a homemade hacking thingy attached to it
Walkie-talkie part was done in placeholder state by an outsourcer before I worked on it
Concept by Aimé Jalon
Narrative design (text on the second render) by Bennett Smith
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Source: picturesofthingsilike (Flickr): Aiwa CS-M1 + Aiwa HS-M2 - 3
Aiwa CS-M1 Miniture Boombox, Radio / Stereo Microcassette (1983) + Aiwa HS-M2 Stero Microcassette (1982).
Via childrenlastdawn ✺ on Tumblr
Via Buttons & Knobs — AIWA CS-M1
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Source: Back To Sleep | News | Red Dwarf - The Official Website
Back To Sleep
Check out the place where the Dwarfers rest up in Back to Earth.
New Red Dwarf designer Mark Harris is a remarkable talent. As a production designer you'll have recently seen his work on the animated series Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet, but check out his history and you'll find everything from James Bond - Quantum of Solace, Die Another Day and The World Is Not Enough - to deep space adventures like Event Horizon and Star Wars.
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Source: (with more pictures) Nintendo Gameboy Retro (by Eric Truong - ArtStation):
Could this have been the very first Nintendo Gameboy? This concept came about from from studying Nintendo's history and my desire to create something retro.
Made in Blender.
Personal folio site: pixeypop.com
I distorted a bit the image on the left to (try to) match the perspective. This is the original one.
Posted originally on r/cassettefuturism
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Source: EL TALLER pino | @eltallerpino Instagram
In my mind this is what a cassette player from the futre would look like…if we have cassettes in the future. #nasa #thefuture…
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"By pressing a button on the remote, you set off a spring-loaded hammer that strikes a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency. "
