RetroTech: Vintage Gadgets

RetroTech is a small museum you can hold. Twelve machines from the last century, each one rebuilt as a working, touchable thing: the keys sink, the dials click, the paper rolls, the tape squeals when you rewind. Please do touch. THE PARLOUR (1920–1959) • Typewriter — nine lines on an index card, a bell at the margin, correction fluid for your mistakes. Save or share the page. • Rotary — dial with your finger and listen to the pulses go home. Some numbers answer. • Television — turn the dial, drag the ears for a picture. Channel 3 is you. THE DEN (1960–1979) • Sketch Screen — two knobs, one line. Shake your phone to erase. Share your drawing. • Flip Clock — a real alarm clock with cards that flick over. Set it and it rings even when the app is closed. • Instant Camera — point, press, and shake the print while it develops. Flip it round for a selfie. Save or share the framed print. •…