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Old-school equipment's high-tech reimagining

By Roy Furchgott | New York Times | Updated: 2011-01-16 09:00

Old-school equipment's high-tech reimagining

Some people prefer their next new thing in electronics to look like the old thing. What's the appeal of wrapping the latest electronics in a retro design, like full-size jukeboxes that are really $4,000 iPod docks and manual typewriters reconfigured to work as U.S.B. keyboards?

There are theories: the throwback designs make challenging technology seem familiar. Retro designs can also give a sense of permanence to disposable devices. Some see it as art.

An example is a manual typewriter refashioned as a computer keyboard. Jack Zylkin made one as a novel way for people to sign in when visiting Hive76, a Philadelphia communal studio for electronics tinkerers.

Old-school equipment's high-tech reimagining

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