Old refrigerators before all the ice makers were added.
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Lots of weight-training equipment. Bars, manuals etc.
Transistor. It was so far ahead of its time it is still being argued to be alien tech to this day.
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Alternator Since its invention, the basic principle remained same, we are just finding a fancier ways to rotate it
Internet Protocol.
ipv4 remains dominant.
tcp and ip merged in like 1973, and it lived in labs till 82 or 83. after that its been 40 years of nearly perfect ip spec
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The 707.
The six classical machines.
- Screw
- Inclined plane
- ... I forget the others
Fire. No matter the fuel or the method, it still creates heat.
I'm surprised that I'm the first to say "p-trap" drain. Self-maintaining, no moving parts, affordable as anything, protects the indoors from sewer gas, catches rings. Chefs kiss 200 years old and still great