Don’t forget we have a meeting on the 14th of August!
Presentations and discussions on the menu! Prizes, virtual display table, club announcements. Join us on our website and on zoom, visitors are welcome!
Joe’s Presentation: Invention is a Mother
An old saying goes, Necessity is the Mother of Invention.
Or is it? The paths of modern civilization are strewn with the wreckage of failed inventions. Some were noble efforts that lost out to better or more versatile technologies. Some represented the expenditure of vast sums of money on products that make us say WTF were they even thinking? Some represented the wishful thinking of generations of SF fans and other futurists.
Zeppelins? Autogiros? Rocket packs? Flying cars? Fake leather? Zero calorie fat substitutes? Betamax?
In this talk, we will review some great and not-so-great inventions. Some we can look back on wistfully, and some with a giggle.